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Download full textVidal Rodeiro, Carmen; Williamson, Joanna – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2022
This research will investigate the impact of awarding centre assessment grades (CAGs) on the education system. The focus will be on the progression to post-16 study of the students who sat General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and/or other Level 1/2 qualifications in June 2020. The uptake of qualifications/subjects taken during the…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests
Wyatt, Jeffrey N.; Patterson, Brian F.; Di Giacomo, F. Tony – College Board, 2015
Educators are increasingly focused on ensuring that students experience a rigorous curriculum in high school and graduate college and career ready. One way of introducing rigorous course work is to have students take college-level work, often in the form of either an AP® course and exam or a dual enrollment course. This study compared the outcomes…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Outcomes of Education, Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students
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Direct linkMost, David E. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2008
Despite decades of interest in Ph.D. student outcomes, there have been few comprehensive studies of doctoral student completion. Compared to research on undergraduate students, longitudinal studies of doctoral student completion in multiple disciplines at multiple institutions are exceptionally rare. As a consequence, there is relatively scant…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Graduation Rate, Academic Persistence, Longitudinal Studies
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to describe basic skills students in relation to their participation in basic skills and their success in transitioning to college-level classes, and the momentum they gain towards college success from this participation. In the period of time covered by the data used for this analysis, 24 colleges offered I-BEST…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technical Institutes, Academic Achievement, Basic Skills
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
This study compared the relative effectiveness of grants and loans in helping low-income students stay in college until graduation. The study analyzed two student-level databases. One database contained data on a national sample of high school seniors who began full-time study at four-year colleges and traced them through college. The other…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Databases
National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, University Park, PA. – 1991
This volume contains 14 papers from international sources that outline fundamental concepts and research interests connected to the measurement of quality in postsecondary education. Some of the papers consist of concept papers and others are more extensive reports of research underway or findings from recently concluded studies. The papers are as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Classification, College Outcomes Assessment
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
