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Download full textWiley, Patricia Davis; Boser, Judith A. – 1987
A study involving two groups of graduate teacher-education students was undertaken to compare the effectiveness of traditional post-baccalaureate teacher training with that of a funded, innovative, selective program for liberal arts graduates known as the Lyndhurst Program. The performance of these two groups of subjects on the Pre-Professional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Reading Tests
Sibert, Paula C. – 1989
The relationships among test scores from the American College Testing program test (ACT), the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST), the American College Testing College Outcomes Measures Project test (ACT COMP), the National Teacher Examinations (NTE), final grade point average (GPA) in the major field of study, and overall GPA were studied in 615…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Entrance Examinations, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Fletcher, Richard K., Jr.; And Others – 1989
The Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) has been given to all students as an entry requirement into teacher education programs at Tennessee Technological University (Cookeville) since 1983. All students at the University are also required to take the American College Test (ACT). One of the questions in this study related to whether the same or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, College Graduates
Livingston, Samuel A. – 2000
This report describes a study conducted in response to a request for help in establishing decision rules for exempting prospective teachers from a proposed statewide testing requirement in Indiana. Having decided to use Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores as a basis for exempting prospective teachers from the Pre-Professional Skills Test…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSoules, William P.; And Others – NACADA Journal, 1993
A study of 521 teacher education students taking the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) revealed that students with American College Testing Program (ACT) composite scores of 21 or higher had a high probability of passing all 3 parts of the PPST at the first attempt at a cutoff score of 169. A state testing exemption for such students resulted.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Administrative Policy, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations
Lawrence, Audrey; Crehan, Kevin D. – 2001
This study examined aspects of concurrent, predictive, and consequential validity evidence of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) scores as college of education admission criteria. American College Test (ACT) and PPST subtest scores of 372 graduates, and PPST scores, undergraduate grade-point averages, and student teaching ratings of 1,062…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, High Schools
Salzman, Stephanie A. – 1989
The Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) and the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) were examined as predictors of student classroom performance as measured by three instruments from the "Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments" (TPAIs) of W. Capie et al. (1979). Subjects were 305 teacher education students taking the student teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Testing, Education Majors
