ACT’s Engage assessments measure motivational, skill, social engagement, and self-regulatory constructs related to academic performance in college.
Content
Administration Information
Access and Use
Allen, J., Robbins, S. B., Casillas, A., & Oh, I. S. (2008). Third-year college retention and transfer: Effects of academic performance, motivation, and social connectedness. Research in Higher Education, 49, 647-664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-008-9098-3
Gore Jr, P. A. (2006). Academic self-efficacy as a predictor of college outcomes: Two incremental validity studies. Journal of Career Assessment, 14(1), 92-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072705281367
Peterson, C. H., Casillas, A., & Robbins, S. B. (2006). The Student Readiness Inventory and the Big Five: Examining social desirability and college academic performance. Personality and Individual Differences, 41(4), 663-673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.006
Porchea, S. F., Allen, J., Robbins, S., & Phelps, R. P. (2010). Predictors of long-term enrollment and degree outcomes for community college students: Integrating academic, psychosocial, socio-demographic, and situational factors. The Journal of Higher Education, 81(6), 680-708. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2010.11779077
Psychometrics
ACT, Inc. (2016). Development and validation of ACT ENGAGE: Technical manual. ACT. https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/act-engage-technical-manual.pdf
ACT, Inc. (2016). ENGAGE user guide. ACT. https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/EngageUserGuide.pdf
Allen, J., Robbins, S., Casillas, A., & Oh, I.ͲS. (2008). Third-year college retention and transfer: Effects of academic performance, motivation, and social connectedness. Research in Higher Education, 49, 647-664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-008-9098-3
Le, H., Casillas, A., Robbins, S., & Langley, R. (2005). Motivational and skills, social, and self-management predictors of college outcomes: Constructing the Student Readiness Inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65, 482–508. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164404272493
Robbins, S. B., Allen, J., Casillas, A., Peterson, C. H., & Le, H. (2006). Unraveling the differential effects of motivational and skills, social, and self-management measures from traditional predictors of college outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(3), 598. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.98.3.598