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Heffner, Christopher L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Based on current research and seminal theories on learning, quality, and academic persistence, this study sought to establish the core components of academic quality in higher education and to determine if these components can be used to predict students' intention to persist. This study also looked at differences between traditionally aged…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Academic Persistence, Higher Education

Farris, Pamela; And Others – Illinois School Research and Development, 1984
Reports findings of a study conducted at a midwestern university to determine whether a battery of basic skills tests would accurately predict student success in professional education courses. Concludes that test performance was consistent with the general grade point average throughout the college. (FL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Competency Based Teacher Education
Banks, Karen Vlahos; Nolen, Patricia – 1985
In light of criticisms that teacher preparation programs do not adequately prepare prospective reading teachers and specialists for actual classroom problems, a study was conducted to determine the accuracy of teacher diagnoses and planning for reading difficulties and to examine differences in coursework preparation and classroom experience.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Higher Education, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Consumer Protection. – 1978
A non-experimental design was used to determine if scores of students enrolled in specified major coaching schools were significantly higher than scores of comparable uncoached groups. Score increases at two Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) coaching schools and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) schools were compared. Over 1,400 SAT examinees and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, High Schools