ACT Research Staff Receives Award for Paper

The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) at the University of Oklahoma recently presented the Director’s Award to ACT statistical research department staff. Julie Noble (center), principal research associate, and Justine Radunzel (left), senior research associate, receive the award for a paper titled A Systemic View of Academic Achievement, Academic Progress, and Degree Completion: A Longitudinal Study. Paul Turman, director of academic assessment at the South Dakota Board of Regents, was a co-author of the paper. The paper was the result of a data sharing and research collaboration between ACT and the South Dakota Board of Regents. The study was based on the data of students enrolled at the six four-year Regent institutions in South Dakota. It investigated factors associated with college student achievement and proficiency, value-added achievement, progress to degree, and degree completion, within the context of students’ prior achievement and college readiness. Rosemary Hayes (right), executive director of the CSRDE, said the award is given annually in recognition of a paper that “best addresses an issue of current interest and need in the field of (college) student retention and success.” The award was presented at the National Symposium on Student Retention, which the CSRDE hosts each fall.

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