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Direct linkChet Robie; Sabah Rasheed; Stephen D. Risavy; Piers Steel – International Journal of Testing, 2024
This meta-analysis examined the validity of an alternative to traditional assessments called the Wonderlic which is a brief measure of general mental ability. Our results showed significant, positive correlations between Wonderlic scores and academic performance in general ([r-bar] = 0.26), between Wonderlic scores and undergraduate GPA in…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Test Validity, Alternative Assessment, Scores
Download full textAudrey Amrein-Beardsley; Zarrina T. Azizova; Norman P. Gibbs; Chukwu Ikegwuonu; Jeongeun Kim; Deborah Michele La Torre; Matthew R. Lavery; Margarita Pivovarova; Yi Zheng – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2025
In response to a call for research on using the SATs and ACTs for U.S.-based college and university admissions, researchers systematically interrogated the literature surrounding both tests, using a framework for validity evidence built upon the "Standards of Educational and Psychological Testing" and Kane's contemporary view of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Test Validity, Psychometrics, Decision Making
John N. Friedman; Bruce Sacerdote; Douglas O. Staiger; Michele Tine – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2025
We analyze admissions and transcript records for students at multiple Ivy-Plus colleges to study the relationship between standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores, high school GPA, and first-year college grades. Standardized test scores predict academic outcomes with a normalized slope four times greater than that from high school GPA, all conditional…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Scores, Grade Point Average, College Entrance Examinations
