The Usefulness of ACT Scores in Predicting Achievement and Attrition Among Disadvantaged and Regular Freshmen: A Survey and Study.

Authors: Pedrini, Bonnie C., Pedrini, D. T.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 194

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Grade Prediction, Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Predictive Measurement, Racial Differences, Scores, Standardized Tests, Test Bias

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: ACT Assessment

Teacher Education Candidates' Perceptions of Students.

Authors: Whetstone, B. D.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 27

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Counseling Services, Education Majors, Educational Counseling, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Predictive Measurement, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Success, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators

The Relationship Between ACT Sub-Test Scores and Grades Earned: A Correlational Study.

Authors: Nolan, Edwin J.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 6

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grade Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Prognostic Tests, Statistical Analysis, Two Year Colleges

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: ACT Assessment

The Comprehensive Mathematics Inventory: A Research Instrument for Assessing Mathematics Achievement in Early Years.

Authors: Reys, Robert E., Rea, Robert E.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 9

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Kindergarten Children, Mathematics, Measurement Instruments, Pilot Projects, Predictive Measurement, Primary Education, Test Construction

Rationale for and Development of a Battery of Performance Tests for Vocational Selection.

Authors: McLaurin, William A.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 26

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Job Skills, Performance Tests, Predictive Measurement, Psychomotor Skills, Research Reports, Test Bias, Test Construction, Testing Problems, Vocational Aptitude

How Does Early Achievement Predict Within-Year Student Mobility? Longitudinal Evidence from Missouri. EdWorkingPaper No. 25-1155

Authors: Margaret K. Wallace (ORCID 0000-0001-7577-9950), Jason Jabbari (ORCID 0000-0002-0196-4966), Yung Chun (ORCID 0000-0003-4042-7984), Takeshi Terada, Somalis Chy (ORCID 0000-0002-8503-6664), Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University

Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2025.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 65

Sponsoring Agency: James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Student Mobility, Mathematics Achievement, Language Arts, Writing Achievement, Reading Achievement, Low Achievement, Predictor Variables, Predictive Measurement, Context Effect, Performance Factors, School Choice

Geographic Terms: Missouri

Optimizing Bayesian Knowledge Tracing with Neural Network Parameter Generation

Authors: Anirudhan Badrinath, Zachary Pardos

Source: Journal of Educational Data Mining. 2025 17(1):41-65.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 25

Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Problem Solving, Audience Response Systems, Learning Processes, Item Response Theory, Predictive Measurement, Test Validity, Test Reliability

Military Experience Predicts Military Multitasking Better than Laboratory Measures in Officer Cadets

Authors: Yannik Hilla, Maximilian Stefani (ORCID 0000-0002-4845-6539), Elisabeth V. C. Friedrich, Wolfgang Mack

Source: Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 2025 10.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 16

Descriptors: Military Personnel, Predictive Measurement, Cognitive Ability, Short Term Memory, Laboratory Experiments, Military Service, Job Performance

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Autism Spectrum Quotient, Big Five Inventory

Using Predicted Academic Performance to Identify At-Risk Students in Public Schools

Authors: Ishtiaque Fazlul, Cory Koedel, Eric Parsons

Source: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 2025 47(2):458-476.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 19

Descriptors: At Risk Students, Public Schools, Identification, Academic Achievement, Predictive Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Low Achievement

Geographic Terms: Missouri

Early Childhood Temperament Factors and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschool and School Aged-Children: A Systematic Narrative Review

Authors: Vivian Chau (ORCID 0000-0002-6626-0951), Valsamma Eapen, Erinn Hawkins, Jane Kohlhoff

Source: Child & Youth Care Forum. 2025 54(2):353-373.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 21

Descriptors: Children, Child Behavior, Student Behavior, Personality Traits, Interpersonal Competence, Psychological Patterns, Antisocial Behavior, Personality Problems, Behavior Problems, Causal Models, Infant Behavior, Toddlers, Predictive Measurement

The Difference between Estimated and Perceived Item Difficulty: An Empirical Study

Authors: Ayfer Sayin (ORCID 0000-0003-1357-5674), Okan Bulut (ORCID 0000-0001-5853-1267)

Source: International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education. 2024 11(2):368-387.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 20

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Standardized Tests, Placement Tests, Achievement Tests, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Thinking Skills, Difficulty Level, Test Construction, Expertise, Predictive Validity, Predictive Measurement, Feedback (Response)

Geographic Terms: Turkey

Prediction of Physical Ability of College Students Based on the BP Neural Network

Authors: Xu Zhang

Source: International Education Studies. 2024 17(3):92-100.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 9

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Exercise, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness, Neurological Organization, Brain, Physical Health, Scores, Predictive Measurement, Gender Differences, National Standards, Physical Education

Geographic Terms: China

Differences between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Individuals during Visual Information Processing--A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Focusing on Visual Event-Related Potentials

Authors: Sajjad Farashi (ORCID 0000-0002-5082-6391), Ensiyeh Jenabi, Saeid Bashirian, Afshin Fayyazi, Mohammad Rezaei, Katayoon Razjouyan

Source: Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2025 12(1):93-109.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 17

Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Visual Stimuli, Emotional Intelligence, Familiarity, Predictive Measurement, Learning Processes, Visual Learning, Comparative Testing

Lagged Dependent Variable Predictors, Classical Measurement Error, and Path Dependency: The Conditions under Which Various Estimators Are Appropriate

Authors: Anders Holm (ORCID 0000-0002-6641-3591), Anders Hjorth-Trolle (ORCID 0000-0003-4132-1014), Robert Andersen

Source: Sociological Methods & Research. 2025 54(1):140-172.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 33

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Scores, Error of Measurement, Predictor Variables, Markov Processes, Predictive Measurement, Least Squares Statistics, Test Reliability, Test Selection, Test Construction, Goodness of Fit, Robustness (Statistics)

Early Prediction Models and Crucial Factor Extraction for First-Year Undergraduate Student Dropouts

Authors: Thao-Trang Huynh-Cam (ORCID 0009-0003-4852-2828), Long-Sheng Chen (ORCID 0000-0002-2967-9956), Tzu-Chuen Lu (ORCID 0000-0001-7305-4622)

Source: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 2025 17(2):624-639.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 16

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, At Risk Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Student Characteristics, Family Characteristics, Family Income, Predictor Variables, Predictive Measurement, Causal Models, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Dropouts, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Financial Aid Applicants, Computer Assisted Testing, Artificial Intelligence

Geographic Terms: Taiwan

Efficient Adjusted Joint Significance Test and Sobel-Type Confidence Interval for Mediation Effect

Authors: Haixiang Zhang

Source: Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2025 32(1):93-104.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 12

Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Statistical Significance, Robustness (Statistics), Comparative Testing, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Test Construction, Methods Research

Early Caregiver Predictability Shapes Neural Indices of Statistical Learning Later in Infancy

Authors: Tess Allegra Forest (ORCID 0000-0002-3884-2786), Sarah A. McCormick (ORCID 0000-0001-9186-2439), Lauren Davel, Nwabisa Mlandu, Michal R. Zieff, Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Dima Amso, Kirsty A. Donald, Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam

Source: Developmental Science. 2025 28(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 15

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Early Experience, Caregiver Child Relationship, Predictive Measurement, Learning Processes, Recognition (Psychology), Aural Learning, Predictor Variables

Geographic Terms: South Africa

Body as First Teacher: The Role of Rhythmic Visceral Dynamics in Early Cognitive Development

Authors: Andrew W. Corcoran (ORCID 0000-0002-0449-4883), Kelsey Perrykkad (ORCID 0000-0001-5876-9136), Daniel Feuerriegel, Jonathan E. Robinson (ORCID 0000-0002-4886-8234)

Source: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 2025 20(1):45-75.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 31

Descriptors: Physiology, Brain, Cognitive Development, Prenatal Influences, Human Body, Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, Learning Modalities, Predictive Validity, Predictive Measurement

Universal Pre-K and College Enrollment: Is There a Link?

Authors: William T. Gormley, Sara Amadon, Katherine Magnuson, Amy Claessens, Douglas Hummel-Price (ORCID 0000-0002-9760-0947)

Source: AERA Open. 2023 9(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 17

Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Public Schools, Kindergarten, Young Children, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, College Enrollment, Predictive Measurement, Community Colleges, Colleges, Enrollment Rate, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness

Geographic Terms: Oklahoma (Tulsa)

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Head Start

After Everything: Projections of Jobs, Education, and Training Requirements through 2031. Executive Summary

Authors: Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW)

Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. 2023.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 22

Descriptors: Educational Background, Technology, Job Development, Job Layoff, Employment Opportunities, Skilled Occupations, Blue Collar Occupations, Economics, Employment Projections, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Educational Demand, Labor Force Development, Educational Attainment, Occupations, Job Training, Predictive Measurement, Occupational Mobility, Occupational Surveys