Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 11 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 62 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 150 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 511 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 153 |
| Practitioners | 105 |
| Administrators | 28 |
| Policymakers | 20 |
| Teachers | 17 |
| Counselors | 7 |
| Students | 6 |
| Community | 4 |
| Support Staff | 1 |
Location
| Australia | 37 |
| Canada | 34 |
| California | 32 |
| United States | 27 |
| Florida | 24 |
| Texas | 20 |
| Maryland | 18 |
| New York | 17 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 17 |
| North Carolina | 16 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 1 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 1 |
| Does not meet standards | 2 |
Download full textSurber, Colleen F. – 1980
The examination of credibility effects in predicting achievement, an important step in the study of source credibility effects on attributions, substantiates Birnbaum's findings that variation in the credibility of information can be represented by changes in the weight of the information. Undergraduate subjects (N=65) predicted the performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adults, Attribution Theory, Credibility
THOMAS, DONALD R. – 1961
A SYSTEM OF PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES WAS DESIGNED AND TESTED. THE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES TO PREDICT THE ARRIVAL OF SPECIFIC CHILDREN IN SPECIFIC AREAS AT SPECIFIC TIMES, (2) TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN, AND…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Interstate Programs, Migrant Children, Migrant Education
Bureau of Employment Security (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1965
THE POSSIBILITY OF PREDICTIVE ERROR WHEN APPLYING U.S. MAINLAND NORMS FOR THE GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY TO THE EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING AND SELECTION PROCESS IN PUERTO RICO, PROMPTED A STUDY TO ESTABLISH LOCAL NORMS FOR THE SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION, BATERIA GENERAL DE PRUEBAS DE APTITUD. A STRATIFIED QUOTA SAMPLE OF 1,500 PERSONS WAS SELECTED…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Statistics, Labor Force, Local Norms
BOGGS, JOHN R.; ROUECHE, JOHN E. – 1968
WHILE REPORTS ON THE USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTS IN JUNIOR COLLEGES ARE COMMONLY TABULATIONS OF SCORES, SOME COLLEGES HAVE STUDIED TOPICS SUCH AS THE RELATIONSHIP OF TEST SCORES TO GENERAL COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT, VALIDITY OF TEST SCORES IN PREDICTING SUCCESS IN SPECIFIC COURSES, AND EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN STUDENTS DURING THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCES.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Predictive Measurement, Research Reviews (Publications), Standardized Tests
PERLBERG, ARYE – 1968
A LONGITUDINAL STUDY (HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE) WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO INVESTIGATE ACADEMIC PREDICTORS AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO PREDICTION. FOR FOUR YEARS, THREE CLASSES OF 1,087 ENGINEERING STUDENTS WERE FOLLOWED. INTELLECTIVE PREDICTORS AND ACADEMIC CRITERIA ALONE WERE INVESTIGATED. HIGH SCHOOL AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Foreign Countries
JEX, FRANK B. – 1966
THESE TABLES ARE INTENDED TO PREDICT WHICH UTAH COLLEGE CURRICULUM GIVES A STUDENT THE MOST LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS. THEY USE HIGH SCHOOL AVERAGE (HSA) AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OR APTITUDE TESTS. THE STUDY IS DESIGNED ON CONCLUSIONS FROM EARLIER WORK--(1) THE MAIN HURDLE FOR THE FRESHMAN IS THE REQUIRED GENERAL EDUCATION CORE, (2) GPA'S ARE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, Grades (Scholastic)
CRAWFORD, MARGARET L. – 1966
MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL TRAITS AND SEPARATE FACTORS OF INTELLIGENCE FOLLOWED BY EMPIRICAL COMBINATION OF THESE MEASURES INTO APTITUDE TEST BATTERIES SHOULD BE THE BASIS OF SELECTION OF STUDENTS FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. DURING THE PAST 14 YEARS, TRADE-TECHNICAL COLLEGE HAS DEVELOPED AND VALIDATED SUCH TEST BATTERIES FOR SOME 55 TRADE AND…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Counseling, Predictive Measurement, Test Validity
Philadelphia Public Schools, PA. – 1965
THE AIM WAS TO DETERMINE THE ACCURACY OF TEST SCORES IN PREDICTING FUTURE ACHIEVEMENT. A SOMEWHAT SHARPER AGREEMENT WAS FOUND BETWEEN EARLY PREDICTIVE FACTORS AND SCHOOL MARKS IN GRADE 9 THAN BETWEEN THESE FACTORS AND SCHOOL MARKS IN GRADES 11 AND 12. TWO REASONS FOR THIS DIFFERENCE ARE CITED. IF A PREDICTION FOR A PUPIL IS MADE AT GRADE 6, A…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement, Aptitude Tests, High School Students
MUELLER, MAX W. – 1965
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE VALIDITY OF INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER TESTS USED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF RETARDED CHILDREN WAS PERFORMED. EXPERIMENTAL SAMPLES CONSISTED OF 101 CHILDREN SELECTED FROM SPECIAL CLASSES FOR EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR) WHOSE AGES RANGED FROM 6.9 TO 10 YEARS AND WHOSE IQ SCORES RANGED FROM 50 TO 80. THE TESTS EVALUATED WERE (1)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Intelligence Tests
Campbell, Frances A. – 1978
The primary purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of infant test scores, Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) scores, socioeconomic factors and maternal IQ as predictors of children's mental test performance. Additional purposes were to (1) determine the extent to which socioeconomic factors and maternal…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Infants, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Quotient
Fleishman, Allen I. – 1978
A Monte Carlo study was performed to test under what conditions and to what degree various alternatives would be superior to multiple linear regression (MLR). The criteria used was the mean squared error of prediction of individual scores and the mean squared error of estimation of the regression weights. Populations were simulated containing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Error of Measurement, Factor Analysis, Least Squares Statistics
Twa, Jim; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this study was to validate on a second sample of student teachers, prediction equations developed to predict performance in student teaching. The study was part of a longitudinal project. Equations tested in this study were produced in a previous study by subjecting to multiple regression techniques six biographical and 40…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Program Evaluation
McCormick, Ernest J.; And Others – 1977
A study dealt with the use of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) within a job component validity framework as the basis for estimating aptitude requirements of jobs represented by scores on commercially available tests as contrasted with scores on General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) tests. Procedures generally consisted of the use of job…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Occupational Tests, Performance Tests, Predictive Measurement
State Univ. of New York, Syracuse. Office of Admissions Program. – 1965
A 10-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE HOW CHANGE IS AFFECTED BY CURRICULUM, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL, AND BY THE STUDENTS' ABILITY, SEX, OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES, HOME LIFE, AND READING HABITS. IN 1961, A NATIONWIDE SAMPLE OF 32,000 CHILDREN IN GRADES 5, 7, 9, AND 11 TOOK A BATTERY OF TESTS. THERE HAVE BEEN PERIODIC RETESTINGS, TO BE…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, High School Students
MICHIE, JACK – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, RACE, AND SOCIAL CLASS UPON THE EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, AND TO IDENTIFY BOTH TEST DATA WITH PREDICTIVE VALUE AND EDUCATORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUCCESS. EACH OF 60 MEMBERS OF A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 1965 OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADUATES WAS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment, High School Graduates, Interviews
