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Direct linkTreadway, Meagan Nichole – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The number of applications to postsecondary institutions continues to increase year over year, and in most cases, the number of applications exceeds the number of students admitted. The use of standardized tests continues to grow to help in these admissions decisions. Due to both high usage rates and the changing demographics of our nation's…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Science Tests, Scores, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedMattern, Krista; Sanchez, Edgar; Ndum, Edwin – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2017
In the context of college admissions, the current study examined whether differential prediction of first-year grade point average (FYGPA) by gender could be explained by an omitted variable problem--namely, academic discipline, or the amount of effort a student puts into schoolwork and the degree to which a student sees him/herself as hardworking…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity, Grade Point Average
Williams, Raunda; Smiley, Ellen; Davis, Ronnie; Lamb, Teryana – Journal of Negro Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the predictability of selected cognitive and non-cognitive factors on retention. Data was collected from 822 first-time-freshmen college students at a four-year institution of higher learning. The material was analyzed using specific predictors of Fall 2012 to Spring 2013 retention. These cognitive and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, School Holding Power, College Freshmen, Student College Relationship
Download full textDahlin, Michael; Tarasawa, Beth – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2013
In this follow-up to "Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? Performance Trends of Top Students," the academic growth of 35,000 elementary and middle school students in 31 states, all of them high achievers within their own schools, were followed over a three-year period. Their achievement scores were matched with their associated…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Accountability, Academic Standards, Longitudinal Studies
Mo, Lun; Yang, Fang; Hu, Xiangen; Calaway, Florance; Nickey, John – Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The authors investigated the extent to which taking specific types of Advanced Placement (AP) courses and the number of courses taken predicts the likelihood of passing subject benchmarks and earning a score of 19 on the composite score on the ACT test, and examined the role gender plays in the projection. They found evidence that taking an AP…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Gender Differences
Young, John W. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
This research report is a review and analysis of all of the published studies during the past 25+ years (since 1974) in the area of differential validity/prediction and college admission testing. More specifically, this report includes 49 separate studies of differences in validity and/or prediction for different racial/ethnic groups and/or for…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Test Validity, Prediction, Educational Research
