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Peer reviewedFarr, Roger; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1984
Compares twelfth-grade students' performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) with their performance on the Metropolitan Achievement Test 1: Reading Survey or the Degrees of Reading Power Test, concluding that the findings challenge the notion that low SAT scores indicate a lack of basic reading skills. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Reading Ability
Download full textBeaton, Albert E.; And Others – 1977
Data from Project Talent and the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 provided comparable data on changes between 1960 to 1972 in reading ability and other characteristics of high school seniors, college entrants, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) takers. Each group showed a decline in reading ability, but the drop for SAT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
