Are the Best Scores the Best Scores for Predicting College Success?

Autor/inn/en	Patterson, Brian F.; Mattern, Krista D.; Swerdzewski, Peter
Titel	Are the Best Scores the Best Scores for Predicting College Success?
Quelle	In: Journal of College Admission, (2012) 217, S.34-45 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-6670
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Institutional Characteristics; Predictive Validity; Scores; Grade Point Average; Higher Education; College Admission; Correlation; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Korrelation
Abstract	The College Board's SAT[R] Score Choice[TM] policy allows students to choose which set(s) of scores to send to colleges and universities to which they plan to apply. Based on data gathered before the implementation of that policy, the following study evaluated the predictive validity of the various sets of SAT scores. The value of five score sets for predicting first-year college grade-point average (FYGPA) was examined using a sample of 150,377 students from 110 institutions. These sets of scores were from students': (1) first administration, (2) latest administration, (3) section averages, (4) highest single administration, and (5) highest individual sections. The various score sets were found to have nearly equal predictive validity for the total group, by various institutional characteristics, and regardless of how often students tested. (Contains 6 tables and 2 endnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10