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Clewell, Beatriz Chu; Joy, Myra Ficklen – 1988
In 1984, a study was conducted to assess the degree to which the goals of the National Hispanic Scholar Awards Program were being met. The purposes of the study were to: (1) describe the pool of applicants in 1983-84, the program's first year, and compare Hispanic Scholars (winners) with Hispanic Honorable Mentions (awardees) and Semifinalists who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, College Freshmen, Educational Attainment
Ragosta, Marjorie – 1987
Four years of data (1980 to 1983) from "College-Bound Seniors: Eleven Years of National Data from the College Board's Admissions Testing Program 1973-1983" have been extracted and reported as a comparison for analogous data on test takers with hearing, learning, physical and visual disabilities over the same four years. The data on…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities
Download full textCollege Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Admissions Testing Program. – 1992
The Admissions Testing Program of the College Board consists of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE), the Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ), and the Achievement Tests. By registering for the tests and completing the SDQ, students provide information about themselves and their schools for their own…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
1978
The most recent College Board Admissions Testing Program (ATP) records of 1977-78 seniors who registered for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of Achievement Tests before March 1978 are summarized. The records are for students from the middle Atlantic states that include New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, the District of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biographical Inventories, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Response Analysis Corp., Princeton, NJ. – 1978
College applicants taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE) were surveyed regarding the tests, college admission in general, and the communications received concerning the test and their scores. Separate questionnaires were administered before taking the SAT or TSWE, after taking the test, and after…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Biographical Inventories, College Admission, College Bound Students
Camara, Wayne; Kimmel, Ernest; Scheuneman, Janice; Sawtell, Ellen A. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2004
There is clear evidence that the average grades earned in high school have been going up for some period of time. This study examines the question of whether students of varying backgrounds have experienced similar increases in grade point average (GPA) over a 25-plus-year period. Changes in SAT verbal and mathematical scores for the same gender…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Grade Inflation, Grades (Scholastic), Grade Point Average
