Postsecondary education-going knowledge (PEG-K) scale

The postsecondary education-going knowledge (PEG-K) scale developed by Martinez et al. (2017) focuses on the knowledge of various requirements for applying and enrolling in college. PEG-K has 46 true-false questions on three domains: access, preparedness/readiness, and affordability. In a sample of 163 students, PEG-K’s alpha reliability coefficient was .93 (Martinez et al., 2017).

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Length

46 items

Administration

Computer,

Paper

Access and Use

Price

Free, need access permission from scale authors

Contact

Robert Martinez, rrmartin@email.unc.edu

Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12090

Psychometrics

Psychometric References

Martinez, R. R., Baker, S. B., & Young, T. (2017). Promoting career and college readiness, aspirations, and self‐efficacy: Curriculum field test. The Career Development Quarterly, 65(2), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12090

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