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Mock Board Examination Results as Predictors in the Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants
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Yzekeil P. Camacho; Micah Pea B. Oberes; Danica Mae R. Tina; Artchelene D. Pepania; Mylene P. Alfanta; Eligen H. Sumicad Jr. – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2024
This study was conducted to determine whether the mock board examination performance can predict a candidate's performance in the Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants (LECPA). It covered the Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA) graduates from a higher education institution in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, who…
Descriptors: Licensing Examinations (Professions), Foreign Countries, Bachelors Degrees, Accounting
Organizational Factors and Candidate NAPLEX Self-Efficacy: Implications for Historically Black College & University Pharmacy Education Programs
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Tera S. Waldo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore readiness to take the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) and the potential impact of organizational factors on candidates that graduated from a pharmacy degree program. In addition, this study explores candidates' experiences in preparing for the licensure examination,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Pharmaceutical Education, Black Colleges, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Questioning in TOEFL iBT Speaking Test: A Case of Washback and Construct Underrepresentation
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Sayyadi, Ali; Rezvani, Reza – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
Admission in English-medium universities or institutions of higher education depends on the results obtained by candidates in large-scale proficiency tests including Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) internet-based test (iBT). The structure and administration procedure of the TOEFL iBT speaking test leaves no room for carrying out…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
The Structure and Determinants of Expected and Actual Starting Salaries of Higher Education Students in Germany: Identical or Different?
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Frick, Bernd; Maihaus, Michael – Education Economics, 2016
Using two representative samples of some 74,000 students and 11,000 graduates, respectively, we analyse the accuracy of students' wage expectations given their individual characteristics. We find that students are aware of the effects of most of their own characteristics, as a large number of determinants of expected and realised salaries do not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Salaries, Internship Programs, College Graduates
High Scores but Low Skills
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Liu, Liqun; Neilson, William S. – Economics of Education Review, 2011
In this paper college admissions are based on test scores and students can exert two types of effort: real learning and exam preparation. The former improves skills but the latter is more effective in raising test scores. In this setting the students with the lowest skills are no longer the ones with the lowest aptitude, but instead are the ones…
Descriptors: College Admission, Scores, Skills, Test Preparation
Breaking through the Bar
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Gray, Katti – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
Howard University School of Law had a problem, and school officials knew it. Over a 20-year period, 40 percent of its graduates who took the Maryland bar exam failed it on their first try. During the next 24 months--the time frame required to determine its "eventual pass rate"--almost 90 percent of the students did pass. What they did…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Law Schools, Tuition Grants, Accreditation (Institutions)