Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 4 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Source
Educational Measurement:… | 4 |
Author
Mattern, Krista | 4 |
Allen, Jeff | 3 |
Camara, Wayne | 1 |
Camara, Wayne J. | 1 |
Croft, Michelle | 1 |
Ndum, Edwin | 1 |
Nichols, Paul | 1 |
Vispoel, Sara | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 4 |
Reports - Evaluative | 4 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Secondary Education | 4 |
High Schools | 3 |
Higher Education | 3 |
Postsecondary Education | 3 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Junior High Schools | 1 |
Middle Schools | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Every Student Succeeds Act… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
ACT Assessment | 3 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Camara, Wayne J.; Mattern, Krista; Croft, Michelle; Vispoel, Sara; Nichols, Paul – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
In 2018, 26 states administered a college admissions test to all public school juniors. Nearly half of those states proposed to use those scores as their academic achievement indicators for federal accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); many others are planning to use those scores for other accountability purposes.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Accountability, Scores, Academic Achievement
Allen, Jeff; Mattern, Krista; Ndum, Edwin – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
We derived an index of high school academic rigor (HSAR) by optimizing the prediction of first-year college GPA (FYGPA) based on high school courses taken, grades, and indicators of advanced coursework. Using a large data set and nominal parameterization of high school course outcomes, the HSAR index capitalizes on differential contributions…
Descriptors: High Schools, Difficulty Level, Prediction, Grade Point Average
Allen, Jeff; Mattern, Krista – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
We examined summary indices of high school performance (coursework, grades, and test scores) based on the graded response model (GRM). The indices varied by inclusion of ACT test scores and whether high school courses were constrained to have the same difficulty and discrimination across groups of schools. The indices were examined with respect to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Curriculum, Difficulty Level
Mattern, Krista; Allen, Jeff; Camara, Wayne – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
The findings of the Gaertner and McClarty article (2015) raised awareness on two extremely important topics related to college readiness: First, to effect change, we must measure students' progression towards college readiness throughout their K-12 career rather than just at the culmination of high school. Second, college readiness encompasses…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Middle School Students, Measures (Individuals), Progress Monitoring