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Computer-Based versus Paper-Pencil Modes of Administration United States Government End of Course Exams: Student Cumulative Grade Point Averages as Predictors of Success

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Ryan, Barbara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012

Beginning with the No Child Left Behind federal legislation, states were required to use data to monitor and improve student achievement. For high schools, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education chose End of Course Exams (EOC) to demonstrate levels of student achievement. The policy changed from school choice of paper-pencil…

Descriptors: Federal Government, Testing, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables

The GRE Psychology Test: A Useful but Poorly Understood Test.

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Kalat, James W.; Matlin, Margaret W. – Teaching of Psychology, 2000

Provides an overview of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Psychology test focusing on the scoring system for the GRE Psychology test, who prepares the test and how the test is prepared, and the usefulness of the GRE Psychology test. Explores some future directions for the test. (CMK)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average, Graduate Study, Higher Education

Critical Thinking in Preclinical Course Examinations.

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Miller, Deborah A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993

A study correlated the results of 25 medical school course examinations (largely multiple-choice), a standardized critical thinking inventory, undergraduate and medical school grade point averages, and medical college admissions test scores for 196 preclinical medical students. Findings suggest that objective multiple-choice examinations can at…

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Critical Thinking, Grade Point Average, Higher Education