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Walker, Eddie G., II – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
The accountability of colleges and universities is a high priority for those making policy decisions. The purpose of this study was to determine institutional characteristics predicting retention rates, graduation rates and transfer-out rates using publicly available data from the US Department of Education. Using regression analysis, it was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Prediction
Wang, Helen Y.; Zhao, Huafang; Addison, Kecia L. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2016
The Office of Shared Accountability (OSA) in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) conducted a linking study to examine the relationship of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment with the Common Core Consortia Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment in the 2014-2015 school year. This is the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Accountability, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
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Darrow, Alice-Ann; Marsh, Kerry – International Journal of Music Education, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to determine choral students' ability to predict and evaluate their sight-singing skills. Participants were asked to assign a rating based on how well they predicted they would sight-sing five musical examples. Following the singing of each example, participants were asked to evaluate their sight-singing…
Descriptors: Music Education, Singing, Rating Scales, Music Teachers