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Download full textStevens, Joseph J.; Clauser, Patricia – 1996
Assessment results were examined for 2,351 students in a large Southwestern school district over a 4-year period. Assessment in the first year consisted of the full battery of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) administered to all third graders in the district. In the following year (grade four), the same students participated in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
House, J. Daniel; Prion, Susan K. – 1996
This study investigated the correlation between noncognitive variables and academic success in a freshman composition course. A sample of 257 freshmen taking an introductory English course completed a survey assessing their attitudes and achievement expectancies. The questionnaire measured self-ratings of overall academic ability, drive to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Counseling Techniques, English
Lindley, Lori D.; Borgen, Fred H. – 1997
The gender validity of the Strong Interest Inventory's Personal Style Scales (Work Style, Learning Environment, Leadership Style, and Risk Taking/Adventure) was examined through a study of 458 female and 282 male college students at Iowa State University. The students completed the Personal Style Scales and the Adjective Check List (ACL), which is…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Sturtz, Alan J.; McCarroll, Judith A. – 1993
In Connecticut, the Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges mandated the assessment and placement of entering community college students, adopting the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) for a systemwide pilot test beginning in spring 1989. At (then) South Central Community College, a study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Writing, Community Colleges
Ragosta, Marjorie; And Others – 1991
This study evaluated the validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in predicting overall performance and persistence in college of students with disabilities, especially those participating in special test administrations. An earlier validity study by H. Braun, M. Ragosta, and B. Kaplan (1986) had used grade point average (GPA) in college to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Graduates
Sweeney, Janet D.; And Others – 1991
This longitudinal study was conducted to develop and test the Career Path Model. This model was designed to help provide educators and policymakers with a sound basis for making decisions which enhance the retention of quality teachers and recognize the importance of job satisfaction in the extremely critical early years in the profession. Teacher…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Ladders, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Blau, Judith R.; And Others – 1994
Traditional theoretical explanations for the rate of expansion of educational institutions have included the "organizational ecology" model of new foundings as a function of population density, the "institutional theory" argument that foundings are responsive to societal/consumer demand, and theories of political economy which describe foundings…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship
Hummel, Thomas J. – 1990
A new computer-based approach for teaching counselors about predictive validity and how to use tests in clinical decision making was developed and tested. The approach is based on concepts similar to those used in inferential statistics, particularly statistical hypothesis testing. To implement this model, the counselor must: (1) determine the…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Counselor Training
Segal, Susan – 1988
Deficiencies in the format, content, and predictive validity of a high school credit-by-examination test in Spanish I were addressed in a study of the proposed adoption of the Level-1 1988 National Spanish Examination (NSE) and a 20-item supplement written by S. Segal that required students to write one-word answers. The NSE, sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, High School Students, High Schools
Thornell, John; Jones, Reid – 1986
This study examined the value of the American College Testing Program (ACT) and secondary school performance as predictors of academic performance in college. Multiple regression was used to establish a prediction equation for grade-point average (GPA) at the end of the first term of the freshman year as the dependent variable and ACT and high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Boldt, R. F.; And Others – 1986
A review of the literature concerned with validity data and policies for various methods of treating multiple scores is reported, as are analyses of data from the College Board Validity Study Service. The analyses evaluated the use of Scholastic Aptitude Test--Verbal alone, Scholastic Aptitude Test--Mathematical alone, and the use of both in…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Evaluation Methods
Oner, Necla – 1986
The Turkish edition of the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-T) was accomplished in three stages, each stage constituting an independent study with new samples. In the first study, using bilingual Turkish high school and college students, the transliteral equivalence between the Turkish and English TAI items were achieved. The second study, using a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity
Grulick, Lawrence E. – 1986
A study was conducted at Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) in South Carolina to assess the college's admissions testing program through a review of the current literature on placement testing and a statistical study comparing currently employed instruments, i.e., the Career Planning Program (CPP) test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing
Tracey, Terence J.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1986
Random samples of 1979 and 1980 entering freshmen were given the Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ), which was designed to assess noncognitive dimensions predicting minority student academic success. The validity of the NCQ in predicting graduation after five and six years was determined. The graduation rate was found to differ significantly for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, Community Involvement, Discriminant Analysis
Gabe, LiAnne C. – 1989
A study was conducted at Broward Community College (BCC) to examine the academic achievement of students who scored below or just above college level on placement examinations and who did not take college preparatory classes. Students who entered BCC for the first time in fall 1986 or fall 1987 intending to obtain a degree or certificate were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Cutting Scores
