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PDF pending restorationPaschke, Barbara P. – 1981
A survey designed to predict freshman attrition was developed and tested at the University of Kansas. The 75-item survey, the Entering Freshman Survey, was administered to a uniform random sample of one-half of the freshmen entering the university in the fall 1979 semester or entering in the summer 1979 term and reenrolling in the fall. Based on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attitude Measures, College Freshmen, Dropout Attitudes
Wilson, Harriet E. – 1978
A study was conducted to investigate personal and intellectual variables of the special supportive services population at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and to determine reliable and valid predictors regarding the academic success of future applicants. A literature review of the development of compensatory programs and of studies that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1976
Research sponsored by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) between 1949 and 1974 is summarized. For each of 72 research projects, the project title, investigator's name, LSAC report number, and a one-paragraph statement of purpose and summary are presented. The methodological procedure, results, conclusions, and recommendations are also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Prediction
Download full textSawyer, Richard; Maxey, E. James – 1979
The validity of prediction equations based on American College Testing (ACT) Program test scores and high school grades is investigated. Presented are separate results for prediction equations based on ACT scores only, on high school grades only, and on both kinds of prediction jointly. Also included is a discussion of the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
CATTELL, RAYMOND B.; AND OTHERS – 1962
OBJECTIVE INTERESTS AND MOTIVATION MEASURES WERE STUDIED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A SUITABLE METHOD FOR PREDICTING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. IT WAS FIRST NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE STRUCTURE OF INTERESTS IN CHILDREN AND TO INCORPORATE THESE FACTORS INTO A TOTAL MEASUREMENT BATTERY. THE INTEREST MEASURES WERE THEN COMBINED WITH MEASURES OF ABILITY AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. School of Medicine. – 1980
To improve vocational rehabilitation programs for schizophrenic persons, a project sought to design an effective assessment strategy. Inactive records of schizophrenic clients at New Jersey sheltered workshops were examined to determine validity and reliability of assessment instruments being used. General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) profiles of…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Measures (Individuals), Occupational Tests, Predictive Measurement
Osborn, Julia B. – 1979
The Pre-Reading Assessment Inventory (PRAI) was designed to fill a need for a wide-range, individually administered diagnostic test of a child's prereading skills (especially auditory blending and segmenting), knowledge, encoding and decoding strategies, and understandings about the reading task. The test development was based upon the research…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Educational Strategies
Larsen-Freeman, Diane – 1978
The need for an index of development by which second language proficiency could be expediently and reliably guaged has been acknowledged by both second language (L2) teachers and researchers. In two previous L2 studies, the search for an index of development centered on an examination of learner written performance. In an attempt to construct an…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interlanguage
Roberts, Roy J. – National Merit Scholarship Research Reports, 1965
Using 857 male National Merit Finalists and Commended Students, scales to predict 1st year college grades and science, writing, art, music, speech, and leadership achievement were developed by analysis of 906 pre-college questionnaire items. Two item analysis strategies were used: responses of achieving subjects (S's) and general samples of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Art, College Freshmen
Collazo, Andres; And Others – 1976
Since a great number of variables influence future educational outcomes, forecasting possible trends is a complex task. One such model, the cross-impact matrix, has been developed. The use of this matrix in forecasting future values of social indicators of educational outcomes is described. Variables associated with educational outcomes are used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Perry, Joseph D.; And Others – 1978
Two samples of 50 kindergarten children each were tested for IQ, reading and arithmetic achievement, and rated by teachers for social and academic competence. The children were tested again in third grade for reading, spelling, and arithmetic achievement, and rated for classroom coping behaviors. In addition, one kindergarten sample was rated for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adjustment (to Environment), Arithmetic
Soetrisno, Heru – 1975
A study of the U.S. Navy officer students who were registered in the Operations Research/System Analysis curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in spring, 1974, was conducted using biographical data, the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, and the Graduate Record Examination to develop an equation predicting academic performance of U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Biographical Inventories, Grade Prediction
Bower, George L.; And Others – 1975
This Technical Research Report is primarily designed for reference by educational testing and measurement specialists as a supplemental guide to interpretation of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) results in local and state career guidance and counseling programs. This study examined the validity of specific ASVAB composities from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Career Guidance
Rhodes, John A., Jr. – 1974
The study forecasts the utilization of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) in conferences, institutes, short courses, workshops, seminars, and special training programs within the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. (A CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience.) The methodology…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Certification, Continuing Education Units
Flanagan, John C.; And Others – 1962
Project TALENT is a large-scale, long-range educational research effort aimed at developing methods for the identification, development, and utilization of human talents, which has involved some 440,000 students in 1,353 public, private, and parochial secondary schools in all parts of the country. Data collected through teacher-administered tests,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Counseling, Data Collection, Educational Testing
