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LaSota, Robin R.; Zumeta, William – Research in Higher Education, 2016
This research uses the nationally representative Beginning Postsecondary Study: 2003-2009 to investigate the relative significance in upward transfer of individual and institutional factors for different groups of students, considering their state policy contexts of variable support for improved articulation and transfer between 2-year and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Transfer Policy, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, State Policy
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Hathcoat, John D.; Penn, Jeremy D.; Barnes, Laura L.; Comer, Johnathan C. – Research in Higher Education, 2016
Authentic assessments used in response to accountability demands in higher education face at least two threats to validity. First, a lack of interchangeability between assessment tasks introduces bias when using aggregate-based scores at an institutional level. Second, reliance on written products to capture constructs such as critical thinking…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Accountability, Higher Education, Validity