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Peer reviewedCrouse, James – Harvard Educational Review, 1985
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of high school students to calculate the actual improvement in freshman grade point average, college completion, and total years of schooling from colleges' use of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Crouse compares predictions based on high school rank to argue that the SAT's costs do not justify…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Applicants
Peer reviewedHouston, Lawrence N. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
The Ammons Quick Test (AQT) was investigated to determine the degree to which it could predict first-semester freshman year college grade point average for a sample of 63 specially-admitted Black female undergraduates. A multiple regression analysis indicated that the AQT did not appear to be a valid predictor. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Black Students, Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
Download full textSnyder, 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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations, Developmental Studies Programs
