This study examined the effects of using ACT Composite scores and high school averages in making college admission decisions for students from selected racial/ethnic groups. The analyses were based on 2 samples: an African American/Caucasian sample of 262,553 students from 43 postsecondary institutions and a Hispanic/Caucasian American sample of…

This research investigated the impact of course placement decisions based on ACT scores or high school subject area grade averages (SGA) on ethnic and gender groups. Course success was predicted from ACT scores or SGA for four standard college freshman courses from 13 to 50 institutions. Mean between-subgroup differences in estimated probability…