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Key To Success? Relationship Between Texas Success Initiative Assessments And Course Performance In First-Year, Credit-Bearing English And Math Classes, Ashley F. Carter
Key To Success? Relationship Between Texas Success Initiative Assessments And Course Performance In First-Year, Credit-Bearing English And Math Classes, Ashley F. Carter
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) exams and student performance in associated content-area courses in postsecondary education. While the number of students attending college is projected to increase (Digest of Education Statistics, 2017; National Center for Education Statistics, 2018), many of them may not be prepared for a college education (Greene & Winters, 2005; Porter & Polikoff, 2012; Royster, Gross, & Hochbein, 2015) and are therefore obligated to enroll in developmental education classes (Bailey, Jeong, & Cho, 2010; Scott-Clayton, Costa, & Belfield, 2014). These courses are meant to provide …
Dual Credit As A Key To Preparation: Exploring Dual Credit As A College Readiness Strategy, Rachel Elizabeth Jones
Dual Credit As A Key To Preparation: Exploring Dual Credit As A College Readiness Strategy, Rachel Elizabeth Jones
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations
Dual credit is a rapidly-expanding coursework option for high school students that provides a means to early college credit and is also touted as a strategy to increase postsecondary readiness. However, existing studies that tie dual credit to college preparation rely upon indicators such as enrollment, achievement, and completion of degrees; they stop short of a full evaluation of readiness by not including the variety of competencies that are necessary for college success. This dissertation presents three studies that seek to explore links between dual credit participation and an established framework for college readiness. The first is a quantitative analysis …
Attrition In A High School College Readiness System: Advancement Via Individual Determination (Avid), Michael D. Mozingo
Attrition In A High School College Readiness System: Advancement Via Individual Determination (Avid), Michael D. Mozingo
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations
The purpose of this study is to examine the substantial attrition that occurs during the high school years in the college readiness system known as Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID). The literature on this topic is very minimal, and studies in which students are dropping out of AVID are virtually non-existent. Through this study, I attempt to determine which characteristics of students that join AVID in the ninth grade are associated with exiting AVID prior to high school completion, and relative to one another, how strong those characteristics are as predictors of AVID dropout. I analyze student-level data from a …