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The Validity of the ACT and Descriptive Tests of Language Skills for Developmental Students over a Four-Year College Program.

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Snyder, Vivian; Elmore, Patricia B. – 1983

The sample for this study included 496 students admitted to a large midwestern university through the special admissions program. Validity coefficients of the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills (DTLS) subtests, the Academic Tests of the ACT Assessment Program (ACT), and high school percentile rank were calculated with cumulative grade point…

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