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Validating the Use of ACT Assessment Scores and High School Grades for Remedial Course Placement in College. ACT Research Report Series 89-4.

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Sawyer, Richard – 1989

An argument based on the content fit among a college course, the American College Testing Program (ACT) Assessment tests, and students' high school course work is described to justify use of ACT scores and self-reported high school grades for placement of college freshmen in undergraduate remedial education. A utility-based approach to quantifying…

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Content Validity, Cost Effectiveness