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Download full textTexas, Araceli Garza; Mundy, Marie-Anne; Varela, Daniella; Ybarra, Anissa; Yuma, Stephanie – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2016
There has been little to no data indicating that candidate scores on the Nelson Denny Reading Assessment, entrance GPA, and basic skills were effective measures for success in educator preparation programs. This study contributed to the body of knowledge by evaluating whether candidate scores on the Nelson Denny Reading Assessment, entrance GPA,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Vocabulary
Direct linkLease, Barry T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student persistence at postsecondary schools has declined to around 50% during the past decade, indicating a problem that a majority of students are not completing their higher educational goals in the United States. An independent mortuary school exemplified this problem with recent persistence trends for campus-based students at 43.8%. The…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Academic Persistence, Predictor Variables, Postsecondary Education
Savage, Robert; Wolforth, Joan – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
According to Gough and Tunmer (1986), in a "Simple View of Reading" (SVR), Reading comprehension (RC) = Decoding (D) x Linguistic Comprehension (C). To further evaluate this model, this paper describes an exploratory study of the performance of 60 university students, the majority of whom received academic accommodations at university to…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Grade Point Average, Decoding (Reading), Linguistic Competence
Zarate, Narcisa – 1976
Factors which relate to academic success for university freshmen were investigated. Objectives were to: determine which of six independent variables were most highly related to and predictive of a 2.0 (C) cumulative grade point average (GPA), the dependent variable, for two consecutive quarters; determine which combination of factors could most…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
Fearing, Arleen – 1989
In the nursing literature, many variables have been used in research to identify students at risk, predict program success, and to indicate the best time to identify at-risk students and how to predict success on the Nursing Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). In general, American College Testing Program (ACT) scores predicted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Bachelors Degrees, Enrichment
Yamagishi, Midori; Gillmore, Gerald M. – 1980
The relationship of Nelson-Denny Reading Test scores and an English course placement recommendation to academic success of Educational Opportunity Program students at the University of Washington was studied. The placement recommendation was based on a writing sample and test scores. The 207 freshmen students who entered in either 1976 or 1978…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
