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Download full textMiller, George; Schill, William John – 1974
High demand for admission to Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) programs and limited state resource allocations for LPN training programs in Washington, have forced North Seattle Community College (NSCC) to utilize a selective admissions policy for its LPN program. Currently, prospective LPN students are required to obtain satisfactory scores on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education
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
Boldt, Robert F. – 1972
This paper describes several situations in which generalization of statistical results is not possible by representative sampling but which is attempted using corrections for selection of groups. The situations include hiring, admissions, differential classification, guidance, test score equating, and test score scaling. Evidence of inaccuracies…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Competitive Selection
Gardner, Eric F. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1978
It is suggested that bias--when associated with a predictor, a test, or a statistical estimator--is not always bad, in spite of the immediate negative response evoked by the word, bias. Four settings are described to illustrate situations in which a procedure should not be summarily rejected due to bias: (1) educational researchers rejected the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bias, Competitive Selection, Emotional Response
Bauer, Roger; And Others – 1968
Since the need for good programers exists and will increase, their identification before training is desirable. Until now only single tests of potential ability have been evaluated. In this study several tests used in various combinations were evaluated as test batteries. The IBM Aptitude Test for Programmer Personnel (ATPP) and the Strong…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests
Carroll, C. Dennis – 1977
Three alternative strategies for college selection, their associated cost and benefits are described in this study. These include a strict meritocratic procedure, a minority quota procedure and a disadvantaged quota procedure. The strict meritocratic procedure was operationalized in terms of predicted probability of success; the minority quota…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, College Admission
