NELS indicators of math skills, work habits, leadership, teamwork and sports-related skills, and locus of control are related to postsecondary earnings and to the likelihood of attending and completing postsecondary education¶
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q2 i? Indicators of several academic and nonacademic competencies are related to postsecondary earnings and to postsecondary attendance and completion in NELS data. → John Deke 2006
Evidence¶
John Deke 2006¶
John Deke, Joshua Haimson. (2006). Valuing Student Competencies: Which Ones Predict Postsecondary Educational Attainment and Earnings, and for Whom? Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/valuing-student-competencies-which-ones-predict-postsecondary-educational-attainment-and-earnings-and-for-whom
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Observational analysis of NELS student and teacher surveys relating competency indicators to postsecondary outcomes. The report states it analyzes how earnings and the likelihood of attending and completing a postsecondary education program are related to several competencies. No effect sizes are printed in the available text.
"Drawing on the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) surveys of students and teachers, we analyze how postsecondary earnings and the likelihood of attending and completing a postsecondary education program are related to several competencies"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Collaboration — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Multiple non-academic competencies (leadership, sports-related skills, work habits, prosocial behavior, locus of control) appear to predict students' later success in higher education and the labor market — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Academic and nonacademic skills developed in preschool and early elementary years are foundational to important longer-term outcomes — related
- K-12 officials increasingly attend to postsecondary outcomes but many are unsure how best to use the data — related
- The report analyzes several competencies simultaneously rather than one at a time — related
- Early prosocial behavior predicted later academic achievement more strongly than early academic skills — related
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NELS indicators of math skills, work habits, leadership, teamwork and sports-related skills, and locus of control are related to postsecondary earnings and to the likelihood of attending and completing postsecondary education |
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NELS indicators of math skills, work habits, leadership, teamwork and sports-related skills, and locus of control are related to postsecondary earnings and to the likelihood of attending and completing postsecondary e... |
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