Predictors of Success on a Soft Skill Assessment

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