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Watkins, J. Foster – Capstone Journal of Education, 1981
Raises questions about the wisdom of relying on any single measure, especially a norm-referenced one such as the ACT, for making selective admission, retention, and certification decisions in teacher education. (FL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Norm Referenced Tests
Download full textBennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – 1984
The purpose of this paper is to document existing research on the test performance of handicapped people with respect to admissions and other similar tests. In addition, the psychometric characteristics of these tests when used with handicapped people are reported. Though much more data needs to be collected, several observations are made.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
Bowers, John; Loeb, Jane – 1971
Multiple regression equations predicting first semester grade point average (GPA) from high school percentile rank (HSPR) and Composite score on the American College Test (ACT:C) were examined for five successive fall freshman classes (1965-1969) at the University of Illinois. Slopes were significantly different among the five equations. Further…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Aptitude Tests, College Admission
Ferguson, Richard L. – 1975
Assessment programs like the American College Test (ACT) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) continue to play an important role in the admission decisions of many colleges. In many cases, they also serve a meaningful counseling and guidance function for high schools and colleges. The data reported in this paper suggest that the two programs can…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, College Admission
Nichols, Teresa M.; And Others – 1994
Validity evidence was determined for an instrument used at a state university to measure student perception of the institutionally stressed importance of various professional traits and his/her performance of these traits. Subjects were 87 preservice teachers at the end of student teaching. Scores from the institutionally stressed importance…
Descriptors: Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1989
This manual contains preliminary information, largely of a technical nature, about the enhanced American College Testing (ACT) Program introduced in October 1989. It focuses primarily on the tests of educational development, the component of the program that has been substantially revised. Although one-third of the ACT Interest Inventory Items has…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Equated Scores
Bills, David B. – 1977
A number of tables present data on the changing characteristics of high school students taking the American College Testing Program examination (ACT), and on the declining ACT scores, from 1970 to 1975. A brief research review indicates that the observed declines are not merely a result of the tests themselves. The author suggests these…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
