预测2014年印第安纳州高中班的早期大学成功

州纵向数据系统传统上连接了多个州机构之间的数据集，例如一个州教育机构，负责监督K-12教育，并通过高等教育委员会的数据进行了数据。创建一个可以在高中，大学和劳动力中识别和跟踪个人的系统，可以带来宝贵的见解。这些系统还可以帮助研究人员完善方法，以预测哪些学生在迈向大学和职业时会成功或挣扎。

On behalf of the Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, AIR looked at merged data consisting of students’ K-12 and postsecondary experiences for the 71,400 students of Indiana’s public and private high school graduating in 2014. This merged dataset allowed the researchers to identify measures that predicted early postsecondary success as well as the influence of Pell Grants and 21st Century Scholarships during the students’ early college experiences, such as taking remedial courses or persisting in college fora second year. The researchers found, among other things, that students receiving 21st Century Scholarships were more likely than their peers to remain enrolled for a second year of college.