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Predicting Success: An Examination of the Predictive Validity of a Measure of Motivational-Developmental Dimensions in College Admissions
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Paris, Joseph H.; Beckowski, Catherine Pressimone; Fiorot, Sara – Research in Higher Education, 2023
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented number of higher education institutions adopted test-optional admissions policies. The proliferation of these policies and the criticism of standardized admissions tests as unreliable predictors of applicants' postsecondary educational promise have prompted the reimagining of evaluative methodologies in…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Measures (Individuals), College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Higher Education Student Engagement Scale (HESES): Development and Psychometric Evidence
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Zhoc, Karen C. H.; Webster, Beverley J.; King, Ronnel B.; Li, Johnson C. H.; Chung, Tony S. H. – Research in Higher Education, 2019
This study describes the development and validation of the Higher Education Student Engagement Scale (HESES). The psychometric evaluations of the scale included: (i) factor structure, (ii) internal consistency, and (iii) criterion validity. The HESES was developed based on our proposed five-factor model of student engagement, which was evolved…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learner Engagement, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
Coupling Admissions and Curricular Data to Predict Medical Student Outcomes
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Sesate, Diana B.; Milem, Jeffrey F.; McIntosh, Kadian L.; Bryan, W. Patrick – Research in Higher Education, 2017
The relative impact of admissions factors and curricular measures on the first medical licensing exam (United States Medical Licensing Exam [USMLE] Step 1) scores is examined. The inclusion of first-year and second-year curricular measures nearly doubled the variance explained in Step 1 scores from the amount explained by the combination of…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Graduate Medical Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Predictive Validity
The Reliability and Validity of Using Regression Residuals to Measure Institutional Effectiveness in Promoting Degree Completion
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Horn, Aaron S.; Lee, Giljae – Research in Higher Education, 2016
A relatively simple way of measuring institutional effectiveness in relation to degree completion is to estimate the difference between an actual and predicted graduation rate, but the reliability and validity of this method have not been thoroughly examined. Longitudinal data were obtained from IPEDS for both public and private not-for-profit…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Test Reliability, Test Validity, Graduation Rate