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Halpin, Glennelle; And Others – 1981
One purpose of this study was to compare the incremental effectiveness over high school grade point average (GPA) alone of the American College Testing Program (ACT) assessment, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and the California Achievement Tests (CAT) in predicting college freshman GPA. A second purpose was to look at the relative…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedAnsley, Timothy N.; Forsyth, Robert A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
Correlations between the achievement test scores of 2,000 entering freshmen in 1977 and measures of college performance were similar to those reported for tests of the college entrance type. These results provide support for the predictive validity of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development achievement test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Correlation
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W.; Henson, James W. – Research in Higher Education, 1977
Institutional averages of entering freshman scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) were combined and edited to produce a single institutional measure of selectivity for 2,601 institutions. Correlations were made between scores and 19 institutional attributes. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria
Download full textSchmeiser, Cynthia B.; Ferguson, Richard L. – 1976
The effects of test content reflecting black or white culture, on the performance of college-bound students of both races was examined. Eighty-five culture-specific items were developed for use in the English Usage and Social Studies Reading subtests of the ACT (American College Testing) Assessment Program. Items were administered as four separate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Achievement, Black Students, College Bound Students
