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Download full textAaron Churchill – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2019
Across the nation, headlines have trumpeted soaring high-school graduation rates. Ohio is no exception. Lofty rates leave the impression that the vast majority of students are ready to take their next steps in life. But the truth is that too many students exit high school not fully prepared for college and career. This new study goes beyond…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, High School Graduates, Graduation Rate
Ewing, Maureen; Jagesic, Sanja; Wyatt, Jeff – College Board, 2018
Students who double major have higher earnings and are more satisfied with their educational experience in college than those who graduate with a single major. In this study, the authors examine the extent to which a student's experience with academic acceleration programs in high school, specifically successful participation in the Advanced…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Scores
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Student retention has garnered increased attentions in higher education. Drawing from various theoretical perspectives, researchers have developed multiple theoretical models to explain or predict student retention. Most models, however, were intended for traditional aged, full-time students at 4-year colleges or universities. The rapid growth of…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2016
Dual credit courses offer high school students the opportunity to earn both high school and college credits in the same course. Indiana law requires each Indiana high school to offer a minimum of two dual credit courses (as well as two Advanced Placement (AP) courses) to expand opportunities for qualifying students to gain college-level experience…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, High School Students
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2006
In 2001, Kentucky instituted a placement policy mandating that all students entering undergraduate programs at public institutions who received a score of 17 or below on ACT subject exams in math, English or reading be placed in developmental coursework or receive supplemental help in those subjects. This study examines the public postsecondary…
Descriptors: Credentials, Public Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, College Entrance Examinations
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1970
The charge of the Commission on Tests was to undertake a thorough and critical review of the College Board's testing functions in American education, to consider possibilities for fundamental changes in the present College Board tests and their use, and to make recommendations to the Board based on its conclusions. After reviewing current…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations, Credentials
