Predictors of Success on a Soft Skill Assessment

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Kevin W. Beardmore, Owensboro Community & Technical College

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Beardmore, Kevin W. Predictors of Success on a Soft Skill Assessment. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-08-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E111321V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This quantitative study investigates whether the performance of postsecondary students on a soft skill assessment can be predicted by overall GPA, general education course success, test scores, course completion rate, age, socio-economic status, participation in work-based learning opportunities, or some combination of these factors and therefore either replace the need for such a strategy or support its use.  By exploring if there is an effect, as measured by the Am I Job Ready? assessment, of these factors on soft skill attainment, this study hopes to contribute to an understanding how such assessments might be used (or not) by higher education institutions to best prepare graduates for workplace success

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Soft skills; postsecondary education
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Kentucky
Universe:  View help for Universe Adult students in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System, a statewide, public, two-year, open admissions system of sixteen colleges.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Data from the Kentucky Community & Technical College student information system and Am I Job Ready? assessment results.

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate All adult students enrolled from January 2017 through May 2018 (i.e., the Kentucky Community & Technical College (KCTCS) academic terms of Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, and Spring 2018) were invited by KCTCS to register for Am I Job Ready?  The sample is comprised of 842 KCTCS adult students enrolled in these same terms who completed at least one soft skill assessment in Am I Job Ready? either for personal feedback or as assigned by a KCTCS instructor as coursework.
Sampling:  View help for Sampling All adult students enrolled from January 2017 through May 2018 (i.e., the Kentucky Community & Technical College (KCTCS) academic terms of Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, and Spring 2018) were invited by KCTCS to register for Am I Job Ready?  The sample is comprised of 842 KCTCS adult students enrolled in these same terms who completed at least one soft skill assessment inAm I Job Ready? either for personal feedback or as assigned by a KCTCS instructor as coursework.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Kentucky Community & Technical College System student information system and Am I Job Ready?
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) cognitive assessment test; other
Scales:  View help for Scales Am I Job Ready? percentage score (0% to 100%)
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Kentucky

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