Title page
Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 3
Student attainment of postsecondary readiness and success outcomes 6
Predictive accuracy of middle or high school indicators 8
Predictive strength of middle school and high school indicators 10
Implications 14
References 15
Figure 1. About 60 percent of students from the 2008/09 and 2009/10 grade 6 cohorts took the ACT in high school, and a majority of that group met the Arkansas postsecondary readiness outcome... 7
Figure 2. About half of students from the 2008/09 and 2009/10 grade 6 cohorts attained the Arkansas postsecondary success outcomes (college enrollment and persistence) within eight years,... 7
Figure 3. The middle school and high school indicators predicted attainment of the postsecondary readiness outcome (ACT score of 90 or higher) more accurately than background characteristics... 9
Figure 4. The middle school and high school indicators predicted attainment of the success outcomes (college enrollment and persistence) more accurately than background characteristics alone... 10
Figure 5. Three middle school indicators were major predictors of the readiness outcome (ACT score of 19 or higher) among students in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 grade 6 cohorts, 2008/09-2017/18 11
Figure 6. Six middle school indicators were major predictors of the success outcomes (college enrollment and persistence) among students in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 grade 6 cohorts, 2008/09-2017/18 12
Figure 7. Three high school indicators were major predictors of the readiness outcome (ACT score of 19 or higher) among students in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 grade 6 cohorts, 2008/09-2017/18 13
Figure 8. Five high school indicators were major predictors of the success outcomes (college enrollment and persistence) among students in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 grade 6 cohorts, 2008/09-2017/18 13
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 3
Box 2. Data sources and study population and methods 5