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Schimpfhauser, Frank T.; Broski, David C. – Journal of Allied Health, 1976
The relative strengths and predictive relationships among three cognitive measures (ACT subscores, preprofessional grade point average, and Allied Health Professions Admission Test subscores) and first-year academic success in allied health curricula were examined. Methodology is described and findings presented. Preprofessional grades generally…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Allied Health Occupations Education, Aptitude Tests

Dumont, Richard G.; Troelstrup, Richard L. – Research in Higher Education, 1981
The potential utility of a college admissions test as a measure of the cognitive learning outcomes of general education is investigated. A residual form of the ACT Assessment was administered to a stratified random sample of 112 seniors at Tennessee Technological University. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, College Admission