The Relationship between SAT® Scores and Retention to the Second Year: Replication with the 2010 SAT Validity Sample. Statistical Report 2013-1

Autor/inn/en	Mattern, Krista D.; Patterson, Brian F.
Institution	College Board
Titel	The Relationship between SAT® Scores and Retention to the Second Year: Replication with the 2010 SAT Validity Sample. Statistical Report 2013-1
Quelle	(2013), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; College Entrance Examinations; Scores; School Holding Power; Test Validity; College Admission; College Students; College Freshmen; Grade Point Average; Student Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Replication (Evaluation); SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufnahmeprüfung; Testvalidität; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Collegestudent; Studienanfänger
Abstract	The College Board formed a research consortium with four-year colleges and universities to build a national higher education database with the primary goal of validating the revised SAT for use in college admission. A study by Mattern and Patterson (2009) examined the relationship between SAT scores and retention to the second year. The sample included first-time, first-year students entering college in fall 2006, with 106 of the original 110 participating institutions providing data on retention to the second-year. Results showed that SAT performance was related to retention, even after controlling for relevant student and institutional characteristics. Replication studies have been conducted for subsequent entering cohorts of students and similar results were found (Mattern & Patterson, 2011, 2012a, 2012b). Replicating the analyses of the previous four reports (Mattern & Patterson, 2009; 2011, 2012a, 2012b), the current study examined the relationship between SAT performance and retention to the second year for first-time, first-year students that began in the fall of 2010. A total of 160 institutions provided data which translated to 287,881 students. Students without SAT scores, self-reported high school grade point average (HSGPA), or retention data were removed from analyses, resulting in a final sample size of 215,704 students. The results from the current study based on the 2010 sample show the same pattern of results as the previous reports. Namely, higher SAT scores are associated with higher retention rates. This was true, even after controlling for student characteristics (gender, race/ethnicity, household income, parental education, and HSGPA) and institutional characteristics (control, size, and undergraduate admittance rate). [For "The Relationship between SAT Scores and Retention to the Second Year: Replication with 2009 SAT Validity Sample," see ED563088.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01