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Sims, Albert G. – College Board Review, 1971
Changes made in the student descriptive questionnaire, admissions testing program. (IR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Information Processing
Lehtovaara, A. – 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of part of a comprehensive research project concerning the Finnish matriculation examination. The goal of the project was to explore the matriculation examination as a series of tests indicative of ability differences between individuals, regardless of their causes. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Abstracts, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedKlein, Paul A. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
Examines the viability of replacing the conventional placement testing in mathematics with a self-assessment strategy. Describes a study of 63 adult students who completed one of two self-assessment inventories and a mathematics placement test. Found that there is a positive relationship between information provided by students on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedKing, Bruce W.; And Others – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1994
Describes a study of basic skills testing in mathematics and reading. Examines the relationships between mathematics course performance and class standing, gender, age, transfer status, and math Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT) scores; and reading course performance and verbal SAT, Nelson Denny Reading Test, and Degrees of Reading Power Test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing, Grades (Scholastic)
Samuda, Ronald James; Tinglin, Winston H. – School Guidance Worker, 1978
This article asks if testing can serve minority needs. The review suggests that testing can serve a useful purpose if it will help ensure quality to all students. (MFD)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textBraun, Henry; And Others – 1986
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) validity data on disabled students were obtained from 145 institutions with validity data on nonhandicapped students. First year grade point averages (FYAs) were obtained for almost 1,000 disabled students who had taken special test administrations of the SAT with extra time and for more than 650 disabled students…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities, Educational Testing, Grade Point Average
Cappelli, Peter – 1992
The fact that college grades are poor predictors of future job performance is a cause for concern. A more important issue is assessment, for course grades cannot measure many of the work-relevant skills that a college education provides. Selection tests are one effort to identify and establish those characteristics of applicants that predict…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, College Graduates, College Students
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1978
At the 1977 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Invitational Conference, the ETS Measurement Award was presented to Anne Anastasi. In view of the convergence of measurement and the law, the conference focused on six related issues. Barbara Lerner explored the screening procedures of American professional and graduate schools in "Equal…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Awards, Cheating, College Admission
