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Direct linkPascarella, Ernest T.; Cruce, Ty; Umbach, Paul D.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Kuh, George D.; Carini, Robert M.; Hayek, John C.; Gonyea, Robert M.; Zhao, Chun-Mei – Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Academic selectivity plays a dominant role in the public's understanding of what constitutes institutional excellence or quality in undergraduate education. In this study, we analyzed two independent data sets to estimate the net effect of three measures of college selectivity on dimensions of documented good practices in undergraduate education.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Selective Admission, Undergraduate Study, Educational Quality
Download full textNorton, Jan – NADE Digest, 2006
Studies in education often report the differences between participants' and non-participants' test scores, course grades, retention, and other criteria. When participants' average performance is higher, it can be difficult to attribute the improvements to participation. Comparing participants and non-participants on other measures can strengthen…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Comparative Analysis, Student Characteristics
Peer reviewedBaker, Frank B.; Al-Karni, Ali – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1991
Two methods of computing test equating coefficients under item response theory by the following authors are compared: (1) B. H. Loyd and H. D. Hoover (1980); and (2) M. L. Stocking and F. M. Lord (1983). Conditions under which the method of Stocking and Lord is preferable are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores
Livingston, Samuel A.; And Others – 1989
Combinations of five methods of equating test forms and two methods of selecting samples of students for equating were compared for accuracy. The two sampling methods were representative sampling from the population and matching samples on the anchor test score. The equating methods were: (1) the Tucker method; (2) the Levine method; (3) the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Equated Scores, High School Students
Peer reviewedPowers, Donald E. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993
Several available summaries of research on coaching for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are described, and their principal findings are discussed. Several additional studies are reviewed, and their findings are related to the summaries. Overall, the effects of coaching may be less than many students suppose. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Course Evaluation, High School Students
Marco, Gary L.; And Others – 1992
A detailed description is provided of the methodology that was used to develop the concordance tables reported in a recent study by G. L. Marco and A. A. Abdel-fattah (1991) on the relationships between scores on the enhanced American College Testing (ACT) Program Assessment and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Fourteen large universities…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Testing
