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Thomas M. Kirnbauer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation's two primary purposes were to construct an alternative socioeconomic status model and estimate how it predicts student success in higher education. This research filled a gap in knowledge about the widely acknowledged disparities in higher education based on socioeconomic status. Prior research has often relied on parental…
Descriptors: Models, Predictor Variables, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement
Soland, James – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2017
Research shows college readiness can be predicted using a variety of measures, including test scores, grades, course-taking patterns, noncognitive instruments, and surveys of how well students understand the college admissions process. However, few studies provide guidance on how educators can prioritize predictors of college readiness across…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Predictor Variables, Data Analysis, Measures (Individuals)
Gitter, Robert J.; MacDonald, Faith; Greenleaf, Daniel – College and University, 2018
The authors examined factors that affected the size of the freshman class at small liberal arts colleges after a decline of ten percent or more. Although top ranked national schools needed to do little, lesser ranked ones enjoyed a greater degree of recovery by offering larger amounts of financial aid and regional schools by awarding aid to more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, Enrollment Trends, Liberal Arts
Bali, Valentina A. – Educational Policy, 2016
The ratings given by citizens to local public schools in the United States have been rising in the last decades. Using national public opinion surveys, this study seeks to understand the determinants of public evaluations of local schools across time. Aggregate trend analyses indicate that public evaluations of local schools are influenced not…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Educational Quality, Trend Analysis, Public Schools
Forster, Greg; Woodworth, James L. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2012
This study uses descriptive data from the U.S. Department of Education to examine the composition of the private school sector in localities with sizeable school choice programs. If existing school choice programs are attracting educational entrepreneurs and unlocking the potential of new school models, the authors should expect to see significant…
Descriptors: Evidence, Private Schools, School Choice, Educational Change
Edgerton, Jason; Peter, Tracey; Roberts, Lance – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Bourdieu's theory of cultural and social reproduction posits that students' habitus--learned behavioural and perceptual dispositions rooted in family upbringing--is a formative influence on how they react to their educational environments, affecting academic practices and academic achievement. Although originally conceived as a "class"…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Investigations, Models
Hall, James Chapman – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the level of implementing a middle school concept in three private Christian schools using Daniel Stufflebeam's CIPP model of program evaluation. The National Middle School Survey was used to measure faculty and administrative perceptions of both the value and actual implementation of middle school…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Middle Schools
Martin, Steven P.; Kendig, Sarah M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
This study examines time with children among women who remain childless in young to middle adulthood. The authors identify biologically childless women aged 25 to 44 years in the June 2004-2008 Current Population Survey, and use their subsequent time use diaries in the 2004-2009 American Time Use Survey to measure their time with children. The…
Descriptors: Childlessness, Females, Adults, Children
Chang, Mido; Choi, Namok; Kim, Sunha – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
The goal of the study was to provide empirical findings on the effects of different types of parents' school involvement (PSI) on their children's mathematics performance. For PSI, we explored parent participation in parent-teacher conferences, voluntary parental involvement in school activities, parent informal contact with school or teachers,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Minority Group Students
Powell, Brett A.; Gilleland, Diane Suitt; Pearson, L. Carolyn – Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Institutions of higher education are under pressure to be accountable for their expenditures while demonstrating their effectiveness. Through structural equation modeling, a relationship was found between expenditures and the efficiency and effectiveness of an institution, and an optimal expenditure level was found that maximized an institution's…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Efficiency, Benchmarking, Models
Carson, Cristi, Ed. – Online Submission, 2012
The NEAIR (North East Association for Institutional Research) 2012 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Bethesda, Maryland conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Can a Marketing Campaign Increase Response Rates to Online Course Evaluations? (Kimberly Puhala); (2) Developing Community College Peer…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Marketing, Course Evaluation, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
Halstead, Kent – 1998
This report presents comparative data governing the financing of public higher education in each state and the District of Columbia. The model used in data analysis involves the following nine data elements: population, number of high school graduates, public full-time equivalent enrollment, taxable resources, tax revenue collected, state and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Finance, Enrollment
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
The methodologies, instruments, and procedures that were used by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in conducting its part of the Safe School Study are described in detail. The report focuses on methods, the rationale for their selection, and their implementation. It also addresses various practical problems encountered. The sample design is…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Methods
Smith, Marshall S. – ASAP Notes, 1984
Educational indicators are statistical input/output measures providing information on the health of the educational system. This report for the consideration of the Council of Chief State School Officers characterizes the current state of educational indicators as in "shambles." It proposes a three phase framework for developing a sensitive and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators
Gerald, Debra E.; Hussar, William J. – 1993
This edition is the 23rd report in a series begun in 1964. It includes projections for enrollment, graduates, classroom teachers, and expenditures to the year 2004. Projections reflect the 1990 Census, with the incorporation of 1992 estimates and assumptions for fertility rate, net immigration, and mortality rate. The report also contains a…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education