The Predictive Validity of the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills for Developmental Students over a Four-Year College Program.

Snyder, Vivian; Elmore, Patricia B.

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Publication Date: 1983

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The Predictive Validity of the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills for Developmental Students over a Four-Year College Program.

Snyder, Vivian; Elmore, Patricia B.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v43 n4 p1113-22 Win 1983

Validity coefficients of the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills, the Academic Tests of the ACT Assessment Program (ACT), and high school percentile rank were calculated with cumulative grade point average (CGPA) at end of each of four years of college for 496 students entering through a special admissions program. The most valid predictor of CGPA was the ACT composite. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations, Developmental Studies Programs, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Language Tests, Predictive Validity, Reading Tests, Regression (Statistics)

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment

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