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Peer reviewedPowers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
After adjusting for different background characteristics of students, effects on test scores were related to the length and type of test coaching programs offered. The data suggest that the test item types in the Graduate Record Examination General Test appear to show little susceptibility to formal coaching experiences. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Download full textWillingham, Warren W. – 1976
The main purpose of this paper is to facilitate discussion of important issues concerning validity and to work toward a framework that the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Board Research Committee will find useful in assigning priorities and initiating projects. The background, scope, and meaning of the concept of the "validity" of the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bibliographies, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Rock, Donald A. – 1975
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude and Advanced Tests were evaluated as predictors of a dichotomous criterion of whether or not the candidate attained the doctorate within a specified length of time. More specifically, the project attempted to define subgroups for which the GRE tests have varying degrees of validity, and to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests
Peer reviewedDunlap, Katherine M.; Fraser, Mark W.; Henley, H. Carl, Jr. – Journal of Social Work Education, 1998
Examines relationship between admission criteria and academic performance among 654 master's in social-work (MSW) students in one state university, 1985-1992. Test scores on a pre-graduation comprehensive exam measured academic achievement. Results indicate two admissions criteria, undergraduate grade point average and Graduate Record Examination…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Grade Point Average
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1987
A report on tests used by California undergraduate institutions and by graduate and professional schools is presented by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Information is provided on five tests used by undergraduate colleges: the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the Scholastic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Admission
The Prediction of Doctorate Attainment in Psychology, Mathematics and Chemistry: Preliminary Report.
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1972
Data from the National Science Foundation Fellowship applicant records and the NRC Office of Scientific Personnel Doctorate Records File were utilized to evaluate the potential of GRE Aptitude and Advanced Tests as predictors of whether or not the candidate attained the doctorate within a period of from seven to ten years. In addition, the study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests
Peer reviewedBornheimer, Deane G. – College and University, 1984
Performance of limited-English speaking graduate school applicants on the Prueba de Admision para Estudios Graduados aptitude test is compared with Graduate Record Examination results, and the validity of the two tests as predictors of academic success for bilingual doctoral students in the New York University Puerto Rico program is examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Bilingual Students, College Applicants
Direct linkJacob, Brian A.; Levitt, Steven D. – Education Next, 2004
This article describes the results of a three-year investigation into cheating by school personnel. The goals of this research were to measure the prevalence of cheating by teachers and administrators and to analyze the factors that predict cheating. Using data on test scores and student records from the Chicago Public Schools, the authors…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Student Records, Statistical Analysis, School Personnel
Mowsesian, Richard; Hays, William L. – 1985
The predictive validity of the revised Graduate Record Examination Analytical Test (GRE-A) was compared with the experimental form of the GRE-A, in terms of graduate school admissions as well as advancement to Ph.D. candidacy decisions. Prior to 1974 the Graduate Record Examination included just a verbal and a quantitative test; in 1974 it was…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cognitive Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1979
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Cooperative Validity Studies Project began in 1975 to fill the need for cooperation between graduate schools and testing agencies and for graduate level validity studies. More than 150 data sets from the 39 participating schools, representing over 19 fields of study, were analyzed. The data confirmed earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, College Entrance Examinations, Departments
Ryan, John W., Ed. – 1976
Proceedings include presentations during sessions on: issues in interstate programs in graduate education; graduate manpower; increasing opportunities in graduate education for minorities and women; information retrieval; the Graduate Record Examination; creativity in graduate education; assessing graduate program quality; accreditation;…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Conference Reports, Educational Innovation, Educational Quality
Ryan, John W., Ed. – 1978
Changing patterns in graduate education were addressed at a meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in the United States. Topics of the conference included: opportunities and change in graduate education, interinstitutional cooperation in graduate programs for professionals, the future of graduate study in the humanities, decision-making…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Aptitude Tests
Austin, Neale W. – 1969
Emphasized in this speech are the innovative practices in the standardized foreign language testing programs sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and the Modern Language Association (MLA). The CEEB projected listening and reading "composite tests" and changes in the French and Latin Advanced Placement Tests are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, College Students, Educational Innovation
Breland, Hunter M.; Bridgeman, Brent; Fowles, Mary E. – College Entrance Examination Board, 1999
A comprehensive review was conducted of writing research literature and writing test program activities in a number of testing programs. The review was limited to writing assessments used for admission in higher education. Programs reviewed included ACT, Inc.'s ACT™ program, the California State Universities and Colleges (CSUC) testing program,…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Writing Tests, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Camara, Wayne J.; Schmidt, Amy Elizabeth – College Entrance Examination Board, 1999
Group differences among ethnic and racial groups on a series of educational measures and outcomes are examined. African-American and Hispanic students perform substantially lower than white and Asian students on the SAT I. These substantial differences also exist on a variety of other admissions tests used for undergraduate, graduate, and…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Social Stratification, Differences, Scores
