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Download full textPerez, Christina – Journal of College Admission, 2002
Spurred in part by University of California (UC) President Richard Atkinson's February 2001 proposal to drop the SAT I for UC applicants, more attention is being paid to other tests such as the SAT II and ACT. Proponents of these alternative exams argue that the SAT I is primarily an aptitude test measuring some vague concept of "inherent…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Test Reliability, Academic Achievement, Prediction
Pommerich, Mary; Hanson, Bradley A.; Harris, Deborah J.; Sconing, James A. – 1999
This paper focuses on methodological issues in applying equipercentile equating methods to pairs of tests that do not meet the assumptions of equating. This situation is referred to as a concordance situation, as opposed to an equating situation, and the end result is a concordance table that gives "comparable" scores between the tests.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement
