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Download full textZwick, Rebecca; Brown, Terran; Sklar, Jeffrey C. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2004
As part of the University of California's recent reconsideration of the role of the SAT in admissions, the UC Office of the President published an extensive report, "UC and the SAT" (2001), which examined the value of SAT I Reasoning Test scores, SAT II Subject Test scores, and high school grades in predicting the grade-point averages of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Predictor Variables
Manning, Winton H. – 1978
Graphs and charts pertaining to testing in affirmative action are presented. Data concern the following: the predictive validity of College Board admissions tests using freshman grade point average as the criterion; validity coefficients of undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) alone, Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores, and undergraduate…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Rizavi, Saba; Way, Walter D.; Lu, Ying; Pitoniak, Mary; Steffen, Manfred – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to use realistically simulated data to evaluate various CAT designs for use with the verbal reasoning measure of the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). Factors such as item pool depth, content constraints, and item formats often cause repeated adaptive administrations of an item at ability levels that are not…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Bias, Item Banks, College Admission
Polydorides, Georgia – 1983
The evolution of women's participation in the Greek educational system during the last 20 years is considered, with emphasis on present developments. The pattern of this evolution along with educational policy measures and reforms are also discussed. Factors related to women's achievement patterns and mobility between educational levels are also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Admission
Ruskus, Joan A.; Solmon, Lewis C. – 1984
Entering freshmen in 13 fields of study were compared longitudinally on demographic characteristics, high school achievement, college selection process, ability to finance college, highest degree planned, academic expectations, career plans, and aspirations. Attributes of students in the humanities and nonhumanities were also assessed. The…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, College Admission, College Choice
Anton, Kristin P. – 1981
This analysis of the high school preparation patterns of the California public high school class of 1975 drew upon sociological literature on status attainment in an attempt to identify specific intervention points at which to enlist minority parents' support for college preparation. Sources of data were: (1) a sample of 1975 public high school…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Admission
