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Peer reviewedDalton, Starrette; King, Larry D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Tests, Predictive Validity
Casserly, Patricia Lund – 1986
This study evaluates the effects of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program in the lives of students and investigates the validity of the Advanced Placement Examinations at participating colleges and universities. Nine of the colleges and universities that received the most AP candidates in 1982 were selected for the study. The transcripts of a large…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedModu, Christopher C.; Wimmers, Eric – College English, 1981
Reports on a study validating the new (1980) Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Examination. Shows that the study demonstrates the rigor of the new exam. (RL)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, College English, Educational Research
Peer reviewedAleamoni, Lawrence M.; Eitelbach, Sarah B. – Research in Higher Education, 1976
A comparison of two forms of the College Entrance Examination Board's (CEEB) English Composition Test with four rhetoric final examinations in a basic English composition course indicated that the CEEB was more stable and yielded better item statistics while departmental examinations were more highly related to course grade. (Editor/JT)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Research, English Instruction, Grade Prediction
Peer reviewedModu, Christopher C.; Taft, Hessy L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1982
Compares performance of first-year general chemistry college students from 32 institutions with performance of Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry Candidates in 1978 to provide a concurrent validity measure of the multiple-choice section of the AP chemistry examination. Average AP candidates scored significantly higher than average college students.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
Bridgeman, Brent – 1989
The Advanced Placement Program reports grades to students and colleges on a 1 to 5 point scale derived from combining the separate scores on the multiple-choice and free-response sections of Advanced Placement Examinations (ADPEs). In this study, predictions of grades in first-semester college biology courses were made based on students' separate…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Biology, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Download full textBridgeman, Brent; Lewis, Charles – 1991
Essay and multiple-choice scores from Advanced Placement (AP) examinations in American History, European History, English Language and Composition, and Biology were matched with freshman grades in a sample of 32 colleges. Multiple-choice scores from the American History and Biology examinations were superior to essays for predicting overall grade…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Biology, College Freshmen, English
Bennett, Randy Elliot; Whittington, Beverly R. – 1986
The increasing use of microcomputers and hand-held calculators has implications for mathematics and science instruction, achievement testing, and educational research. The potential effects of these technologies on curricula involve both content and delivery. In mathematics instruction, the focus may shift from manipulative to higher order skills.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Calculators, College Entrance Examinations, College Mathematics
Halff, Nancy F.; Frisbie, David A. – 1976
Because foreign language placement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is based solely on College Entrance Examination Board Foreign Language Placement Test scores, first semester courses are composed of students with heterogeneous foreign language backgrounds. French 101 was chosen to study the relationship between two entering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Language Programs
