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Covert, Robert W.; Chansky, Norman M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Correlation coefficients between graduate grade point average and each of three predictor variables, consisting of Graduate Record Examinations-Verbal score, Graduate Record Examination-Quantitative score, and undergraduate grade point average, were calculated for each of the six subgroups. Results showed differential predictability across the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade Point Average, Graduate Students, Higher Education

Ayers, Jerry B.; Rohr, Michael E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Grade Point Average, Higher Education

May, Robert J., Jr.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
Seven easily obtainable background variables were used as predictors of academic achievement in a sample of fourth grade pupils. A combination of five of these variables yielded high predictive validity. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Demography, Elementary School Students

Weiner, Max; Kay, Patricia M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Study presents findings to the effect that relatively inexpensive standardized tests which measure achievement in reading and mathematics below the college level may be used to predict scores on the SAT and CLEP tests. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations

Nolan, James S.; Jacobson, James – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
In general Achievement Test scores appeared to be more valid predictors of grades in English and Mathematics courses than were scores on a scholastic aptitude or general intelligence test. (Authors)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, Criterion Referenced Tests, High School Freshmen

Bloland, Ruth Marian; Michael, William B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
This study compared the validity of chronological age, a standardized algebra prognosis test, standardized verbal and quantitative scales derived from an achievement test battery, and an objective measure of formal or concrete stages of Piagetian cognitive development for predicting final examination scores and course grades in high school…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age, Algebra, Cognitive Development

Halpin, Gerald; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
The incremental effectiveness over high school grade point average alone of the American College Testing Program, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, and the California Achievement Tests in predicting college freshmen grade point average was compared. The incremental predictive efficiency was nearly the same for each, resulting in an 18.47 percent…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis

Bennett, Thomas S.; Welsh, M. Cay – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
The ratings of the Achievement and Intellectual Screening scales of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) are compared with scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) to determine the efficacy of using the PIC as an index of children's performance on such measures.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Children

Young, James C.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Mathematics, Measurement Techniques

Darakjian, Gregory P.; Michael, William B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
Comparative predictive validities of 147 secondary school students were examined for six subtests of the SRA Assessment Survey and for five subscales of the Dimensions of Self-Concept relative to overall/grade point average (GPA) earned and to GPA achieved in English and mathematics courses. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, English Instruction, Grade Point Average