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Download full textThomas, Charles L. – 1973
Since the occurrence of overprediction of college grades for blacks has been found primarily in studies using SAT scores as predictors, a study was initiated to investigate the overprediction phenomenon when the ACT was used in conjunction with high school grades as a predictor of college GPA. College freshman-year GPA was used as the criterion…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Students, College Students, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedBryson, Seymour; Smith, Ronald; Vineyard, George – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2002
Examined the relationship of race, traditional academic measures (high school GPA and rank, ACT scores), and nonacademic variables (measured by the Bryson Instrument for Noncognitive Assessment, or BINA) to the first-year grades of specially-admitted college students. Found that predictors of college success functioned differently for blacks and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average
Pedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T.
The purposes of this study were to determine (1) the usefulness of ACT composite scores in assessing and predicting achievement and attrition of disadvantaged and regular freshmen at the University of Nebraska at Omaha during the 1972-73 academic year, and (2) the effectiveness of a special program in keeping low income students in school during…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, College Students
