Factors Influencing College Readiness: A Multilevel Study to Measure School Effectiveness

Bidya Raj Subedi, Randy Powell

Abstract


This paper explored the significant student and school level predictors of college readiness in reading and the mathematics employing a two-level hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM).  The proportions of variance explained and effect sizes at the school level were determined to measure school effectiveness. The study included 12,554 students and 51 high schools from one of the largest school districts in the United States. At the student level, reading and mathematics achievement including several disciplinary and demographic factors were significant whereas at the school level, average school achievement, percent retention and school poverty were significant in predicting college readiness. The effect sizes, which ranged from .39 to .42, were determined to be medium representing the moderate strength of school effectiveness. 


Keywords


Multilevel modeling, college readiness, significant predictors, effect sizes, school effectiveness

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