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Minimum Competency Tests as Predictors of College Grades.

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May, Mary L. – College and University, 1996

A study investigated the relationship of scores in the Texas Academic Skills Program, a minimum competency test for college-bound students, and performance in freshman and sophomore courses, and uses for that information in setting course prerequisites. Data were drawn from 18 courses at one community college. Results showed existing course…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Administration, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations

Higher Graduation Standards and Their Effect on the Course-Taking Patterns of College- and Non-College-Bound High School Graduates, 1969 to 1987.

Tuma, John E.; Gifford, Antoinette – 1990

The effects of higher requirements for high school graduation on patterns of participation in secondary education among high school graduates and different patterns of course-taking among college-bound and non-college-bound students from 1969 to 1987 were studied. Data sets were from four national studies on high school students: (1) the…

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis, Course Selection (Students)