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Final Project

For each of the three assessments , the 21 items were summed to obtain a reflect an average of these three assessments . Howell et al (1985 report high reliability (Cronbach 's alpha ranged from .93- .96 across the three assessments , and good validity for the measure

Intelligence Quotient (IQ . IQ was assessed via a group administered Intelligence Test

Grade Point Average (GPA . Overall high school GPA was collected from school records at the end of the 12th grade . GPA was calculated using the following scale : A 4 , B 3 , C 2 , D 1

, F 0

Results

Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive statistics for the variables used in this study are provided in Table 1 and 2 . Table 1 presents the demographic data of the participants of the study in terms of grade retention , social adjustment problems , and dropping out of school , their 9th grade English proficiency level and grades . Table 2 presents the mean and standard deviation of the ADD-like scores , IQ and GPA in the 9th grade of the participants

Table 1

School experiences of participants (n 216

Frequency Percent

Repeated a grade Yes

No 20

196 9 .3

90 .7

Social adjustment problems Yes

No 25

191 11 .6

88 .4

High school drop out Yes

No 20

196 9 .3

90 .7

9th Grade English Level College prep

General

Remedial 29

154

33 13 .4

71 .3

15 .3

9th Grade English Grade A

B

C

D

F 28

82

78

25

3 13

38

36

11 .6

1 .4 The table presents the experiences of the participants in school identified during their 9th grade data gathering . The table showed that only 9 .3 were ever asked to repeat a grade while 11 .6 was indicated to have had social adjustment problems and 9 .3 did not complete high school...

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