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Direct linkZwick, Rebecca; Himelfarb, Igor – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2011
Research has often found that, when high school grades and SAT scores are used to predict first-year college grade-point average (FGPA) via regression analysis, African-American and Latino students, are, on average, predicted to earn higher FGPAs than they actually do. Under various plausible models, this phenomenon can be explained in terms of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Grades (Scholastic), Error of Measurement, White Students
Wise, Lauress L. – 1986
A primary goal of this study was to determine the extent to which item difficulty was related to item position and, if a significant relationship was found, to suggest adjustments to predicted item difficulty that reflect differences in item position. Item response data from the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) were analyzed. A data set was…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level, Educational Research, Error of Measurement
