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Linking PARCC and MAP Assessments for Students in Montgomery County Public Schools. Applied Research
Download full textWang, Helen Y.; Zhao, Huafang; Addison, Kecia L. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2016
The Office of Shared Accountability (OSA) in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) conducted a linking study to examine the relationship of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment with the Common Core Consortia Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment in the 2014-2015 school year. This is the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Accountability, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedLenning, Oscar T.; Maxey, E. James – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Results suggest that for most colleges in this sample the ACT tests were at least as efficient predictors of college overall GPA as were the SAT tests. (Authors)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedKaufman, Alan S.; Kaufman, Nadeen L. – Child Development, 1972
Results offer empirical support to Ilg and Ames's claim that the Gesell battery is an excellent predictor of school readiness. The close similarity of the Piaget and Gesell tests accords well with previous findings that the two tests have much in common. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedMartin, John D.; Rudolph, Linda – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
The SIT Correlates highly enough with ACT scores to be considered a valid instrument for predicting acceptance and success in college. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade Point Average, Intelligence Tests
Lenning, Oscar T. – 1975
Included are three studies, each dealing with an aspect of comparative validity of the American College Test (ACT) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) at selective colleges. The first study considered the predictive efficiency of the ACT test scores and ACT test scores plus high school grades at 120 colleges, separated into three groups…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Competitive Selection, Correlation
Breland, Hunter M. – 1979
Published reports and papers pertaining to the validity of measures commonly used at college entrance are reviewed and summarized in this report. These measures consist of various types of academic quantitative indices used to describe the high school record and various types of academic tests. The data are categorized by sex and ethnic…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis
Koffler, Stephen L.
Reflecting concern with the nationwide decline in basic skills mastery, the 1975 statewide basic skills tests of the New Jersey Educational Assessment Program (NJEAP) were used to assess the relative performance of college bound seniors. The results of a random 10% sample of the 55,000 students in college preparatory programs were compared with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, College Bound Students
Fincher, Cameron – 1983
A study examined the predictive efficiency of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for adult learners in the University System of Georgia (USGA). Also investigated during the study were the effects of variables such as age, sex, and race on the performance of adult learners on the SAT and in college and the relative academic performance of adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
