This paper describes an experiment conducted in order to improve the reliability and validity of the Achievement via Conformance (AC) scale of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). The primary goal of AC is to identify those factors of interest and motivation which facilitate achievement in any setting where conformance is positive behavior. The purposes of the study were: (1) to examine the correlation of the AC scale with grade point average for 40 randomly selected college male freshmen; and (2) to attempt to improve the reliability and validity of the AC scale by dropping various test items after each computer analysis. It was found that elimination of "bad" test items of the scale enhanced both its validity and reliability. Relationships between AC and various intellectual variables were found to be in need of much additional empirical investigation. (SJL)