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John N. Friedman; Bruce Sacerdote; Douglas O. Staiger; Michele Tine – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2025
We analyze admissions and transcript records for students at multiple Ivy-Plus colleges to study the relationship between standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores, high school GPA, and first-year college grades. Standardized test scores predict academic outcomes with a normalized slope four times greater than that from high school GPA, all conditional…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Scores, Grade Point Average, College Entrance Examinations
Chet Robie; Sabah Rasheed; Stephen D. Risavy; Piers Steel – International Journal of Testing, 2024
This meta-analysis examined the validity of an alternative to traditional assessments called the Wonderlic which is a brief measure of general mental ability. Our results showed significant, positive correlations between Wonderlic scores and academic performance in general ([r-bar] = 0.26), between Wonderlic scores and undergraduate GPA in…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Test Validity, Alternative Assessment, Scores
Riley N. Loria; Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT Education Corp., 2025
The worldwide consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic affected virtually every domain of human life. The pandemic's impact on the education and development of children and adolescents was particularly severe given the closure of schools, shifts to online learning, and cancelation of college entrance exam administrations early in the pandemic. These…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Barriers, Career Readiness
Riley N. Loria; Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT Education Corp., 2024
Effectively predicting academic success is essential for providing students with the resources they need to succeed in their careers and for matching individuals to postsecondary institutions that suit their needs. Despite evidence for ACT scores as meaningful predictors of both first-year grade point average (FYGPA) and degree completion, little…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Predictive Validity, Time to Degree, Models