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Download full textCahalan, Cara; Mandinach, Ellen B.; Camara, Wayne J. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2002
The predictive validity of the SAT I: Reasoning Test was examined for students who took the test with an extended time accommodation for a learning disability. The sample included college students with learning disabilities who took the SAT I between 1995 and 1998 with extended time accommodations. First year grade point average (FGPA) was used as…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Predictive Validity, Learning Disabilities, Testing Accommodations
Jones, Douglas H.; Ragosta, Marjorie – 1982
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the predictive validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for deaf students at one institution and learning disabled (LD) students at another. SAT scores and measures of high school and college performance were obtained at each institution for both handicapped and nonhandicapped students. Additional…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Deafness, Grade Point Average, Learning Disabilities
Bennett, Randy Elliot; Ragosta, Marjorie – 1984
This report is the first in a series of publications emanating from a four year research effort designed to further knowledge of admissions testing and handicapped people. The report is divided into three major sections describing (1) the development of the research program, (2) a context for conducting that research, and (3) major research issues…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Definitions, Disabilities
Braun, Henry; And Others – 1986
From the fall of 1981 through June 1984, more than 850 disabled examinees took special administration of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Grade point averages were obtained on 278 disabled students; 236 had enough complete data to be included in the study. Disabled students earned lower mean GRE scores than their nonhandicapped counterparts…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, College Entrance Examinations, Correlation, Grade Point Average
Laing, Joan; Farmer, Merine – 1984
This report summarizes selected information from American College Testing (ACT) Program records (1978-79 through 1982-83) for five groups of ACT Assessment examinees: (1) examinees who indicated that they did not have a disability that might require special services from the college they planned to attend (these examinees tested on national test…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities, Grade Point Average, Hearing Impairments
Braun, Henry; And Others – 1986
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) validity data on disabled students were obtained from 145 institutions with validity data on nonhandicapped students. First year grade point averages (FYAs) were obtained for almost 1,000 disabled students who had taken special test administrations of the SAT with extra time and for more than 650 disabled students…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities, Educational Testing, Grade Point Average
