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Hester, Candace; Plank, Stephen; Cotla, Chenna; Bailey, Paul; Gerdeman, Dean – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2021
Arkansas has identified college and career readiness indicators for schools that can be used to monitor students' performance and to improve their postsecondary readiness and success. Using two cohorts of grade 6 students, this study examined the extent to which Arkansas's middle school and high school indicators of postsecondary readiness predict…
Descriptors: Prediction, Educational Indicators, College Readiness, College Entrance Examinations
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights findings from a larger study on Arkansas's middle school and high school indicators of postsecondary readiness and success outcomes. The Arkansas Department of Education identified college and career readiness indicators in their Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan. Using two statewide cohorts of grade 6 students…
Descriptors: Prediction, Educational Indicators, College Readiness, College Entrance Examinations
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2021
The "Identifying Indicators That Predict Postsecondary Readiness and Success in Arkansas" study examined the extent to which Arkansas's middle school and high school indicators of postsecondary readiness predict a student's postsecondary readiness outcome and success outcomes. The study estimated the accuracy and strength of the middle…
Descriptors: Prediction, Educational Indicators, College Readiness, College Entrance Examinations
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Messel, Matthew – Council of the Great City Schools, 2012
This study of high school outcomes in the Baltimore City Public Schools builds on substantial prior research on the early warning indicators of dropping out. It sought to investigate whether the same variables that predicted a non-graduation outcome in other urban districts--attendance, behavior problems, and course failure--were also significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Enrollment, Behavior Problems
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Sondergeld, Toni A.; Fischer, John M.; Samel, Arthur N.; Knaggs, Christine M. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2013
It is widely accepted that postsecondary education has become a necessity for US youth. College access, however, has been found not to be equal for all. As a result, federally funded college-readiness programs, such as Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), have been established to increase the numbers of…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Economically Disadvantaged, Access to Education, Quasiexperimental Design
Ross, Robert O. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted at Tompkins Cortland Community College (TCCC) to determine if there was a significant difference in the personal characteristics of applicants for full-time study who actually attended and those who did not attend the college. In addition, the study sought to identify those variables that accounted for the largest…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Applicants, College Attendance, Community Colleges
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Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education