Postsecondary education-going access aspirations (PEG-AA) scale

The postsecondary education-going access aspirations (PEG-AA) scale proposed by Martinez et al. (2017) focuses on students’ ability to sustain hopes and dreams for the future despite real or perceived barriers. PEG-AA has 14 Likert-type questions (from 1 “not important” to 3 “very important”) on college aspirations, resilience, and expectations.  In a sample of 163 students, PEG-AA’s alpha reliability coefficient was .69 (Martinez et al., 2017).

Content

Sub-Category
Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
14 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Free, need access permission from scale authors

Contact

Robert Martinez, rrmartin@email.unc.edu

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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