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Christine G. Casey, Editor – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") series of publications is published by the Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Articles included in this supplement are: (1) Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System --…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Health Behavior, National Surveys
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Thao-Trang Huynh-Cam; Long-Sheng Chen; Tzu-Chuen Lu – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to use enrollment information including demographic, family background and financial status, which can be gathered before the first semester starts, to construct early prediction models (EPMs) and extract crucial factors associated with first-year student dropout probability. Design/methodology/approach: The real-world…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, At Risk Students, Dropout Characteristics
Valenza, Marco; Dreesen, Thomas; Kan, Sophia – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
One tool that many families own, across the globe, is a basic mobile phone. The use of low-cost basic mobile phones for educational purposes in humanitarian settings is critical where access to connectivity and higher cost devices is limited. The portability of mobile phones, combined with their communication features, offers multiple uses to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Sáez, Leilani; Irvin, P. Shawn – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2020
In this technical report we document the development and piloting of the Learning Receptiveness Assessment (LRA) Greenhouse for Prekindergarten. This technological tool was designed to prevent reading disabilities by supporting effective "assessment-guided instructional decision-making" by Preschool teachers. The LRA Greenhouse comprises…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Formative Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing, Reading Readiness
Dolan, Robert P.; Burling, Kelly; Harms, Michael; Strain-Seymour, Ellen; Way, Walter; Rose, David H. – Pearson, 2013
The increased capabilities offered by digital technologies offer new opportunities to evaluate students' deeper knowledge and skills and on constructs that are difficult to measure using traditional methods. Such assessments can also incorporate tools and interfaces that improve accessibility for diverse students, as well as inadvertently…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Access to Education, Evaluation Methods
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Elder, Cathie; von Randow, Janet – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2008
This article describes the process of developing and implementing a quick Web-based screening test designed for the purpose of identifying, within a large, culturally diverse population of undergraduates enrolled at an English-medium university, those students unlikely to require English language support during their 1st year of academic study.…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Screening Tests, Language Skills, Internet