Criterion-Focused Approach to Reducing Adverse Impact in College Admissions

Autor/inn/en	Sinha, Ruchi; Oswald, Frederick; Imus, Anna; Schmitt, Neal
Titel	Criterion-Focused Approach to Reducing Adverse Impact in College Admissions
Quelle	In: Applied Measurement in Education, 24 (2011) 2, S.137-161 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-7347
Schlagwörter	Grade Point Average; Interrater Reliability; Rating Scales; College Admission; Predictor Variables; Evaluation Methods; Disadvantaged; Universities; Performance Based Assessment; Correlation; Values; Ethnic Groups; United States; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interrater-Reliabilität; Rating-Skala; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Prädiktor; University; Universität; Leistungsermittlung; Korrelation; Wertbegriff; Ethnie; USA
Abstract	The current study examines how using a multidimensional battery of predictors (high-school grade point average (GPA), SAT/ACT, and biodata), and weighting the predictors based on the different values institutions place on various student performance dimensions (college GPA, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs), and behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)), can increase the proportion of some ethnic subgroups often disadvantaged by the use of only traditional measures such as the SAT/ACT. The sample consisted of 836 students from 10 universities across the United States. Results show that meaningfully different proportions of groups would be admitted to universities when the predictors included noncognitive measures and the weights for the various components in the battery were based on performance dimensions other than first-year GPA. These dimensions should reflect institutional values. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10