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Holzman, Brian; Duffy, Horace – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2020
These are the appendices for "Transitioning to College and Work. Part 2: A Study of Potential Enrollment Indicators," which examined potential indicators of college enrollment school and district staff might use to identify and support students at risk of not attending college. The study used administrative data from the Houston…
Descriptors: Enrollment, At Risk Students, Urban Schools, Predictor Variables
Goldhaber, Dan; Cowan, James; Theobald, Roddy – Center for Education Data & Research, 2016
We use longitudinal data from Washington State to provide estimates of the extent to which performance on the edTPA, a performance-based, subject-specific assessment of teacher candidates, is predictive of the likelihood of employment in the teacher workforce and value-added measures of teacher effectiveness. While edTPA scores are highly…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Predictive Validity
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1978
A longitudinal analysis of the records of performance of cohorts of minority and nonminority students in two different undergraduate settings was used to determine the predictive validity of admissions tests and school rank in determining long range and short range outcomes for college students. It was also hypothesized that the performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Cohort Analysis, College Students
Lichtman, Marilyn; And Others – 1979
Although a number of studies have been conducted to examine the status attainment process, very few have focused on differences in educational attainment for black, white, and Hispanic females. The primary purpose of this study was to test predictive models of attainment for these subgroups. Variables considered potentially important to the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Females, High School Graduates, Longitudinal Studies
Morgan, Rick – 1989
Since 1964, colleges have been sending data to the College Board Validity Study Service to allow determination of the degree to which measures used in admissions predict college performance. Beginning in the early 1970s and continuing into the mid 1970s, the observed average correlations of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores with freshman…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Colleges, Educational Trends
Jacobsen, Linda S.; Borchardt, Gordon C. – 1980
In order to identify a battery of aptitude tests which could adequately predict the success of applicants to its court-reporting program, MacCormac Junior College contracted with Science Research Associates in Fall 1976 to conduct a longitudinal validation study of court-reporting aptitude measures. Eight tests were administered to each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admissions Counseling, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations