This study compared the cross-validated accuracy of American College Test (ACT) Composite score and high school grade point average (GPA) (HSAV) for predicting different levels of first-year college GPA. Logistic regression models were developed by institution, for predicting GPA levels of 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, 3.25, 3.50, and 3.75 or higher. These…

The impact of revisions in the content of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and changes in the score scale on the predictive validity of the SAT were examined. Predictions of freshman grade-point average (FGPA) for the entering class of 1994 (who had taken the old SAT) were compared with predictions for the class of 1995 (who had taken the new…

Whether a set of predictor variables could be identified from pre-enrollment and post-enrollment data that would differentiate students who advance to a major in engineering from those who do not was studied with students at Auburn University, Alabama. Also studied was whether predictors could be isolated that would identify students likely to…

The analysis of grade point averages showed no significant differences among detailed, limited, or no knowledge or results groups. The test anxiety level was higher for the detailed knowledge group. It was concluded that the time factor between giving the results to subjects and the grade point average collection and administration of the test…

This study seeks to determine the relationships of sex, class in college, college within the University, level of preparation, and grade point average to student attitudes toward a modular program in foundations of education offered by the College of Education at the University of Maine, Orono. (Author)

Participants in a program comparing study counseling and desensitization for reducing test anxiety evaluated the effects of each procedure two years after termination of treatment. (Editor)

Results of a national survey on collegiate use of class rank have been analyzed in terms of the chief characteristics that are associated with differences in a college's practice: 1) public or private support, 2) two- or four-year institutions, 3) size of enrollment, 4) section of country; tables and commentary explain the findings. (Editor)

Study to determine the criterion-related RAM scale relative to a criterion of GPA. (Author/MB)

This investigation probes the relationship between the amount of time television is viewed and SAT scores of college pupils. (Editor)

The academic performance of black students was evaluated in comparison with white students. Also, the efficiency of the two basic predictors of academic success was investigated. Among the findings were that some of the predictors had little or no relevance for black males. (Author/CG)

More schools are applying a diversity of new grading innovations, with complete elimination of the failure concept as the emerging pattern. (Editor/IR)