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Download full textBridgeman, Brent; Pollack, Judith; Burton, Nancy – Journal of College Admission, 2008
Two methods of showing the ability of high school grades (high school grade point averages) and SAT scores to predict cumulative grades in different types of college courses were evaluated in a sample of 26 colleges. Each college contributed data from three cohorts of entering freshmen, and each cohort was followed for at least four years.…
Descriptors: Prediction, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Social Sciences
Bridgeman, Brent; Burton, Nancy; Cline, Frederick – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
Descriptions of validity results for the GRE® General Test based solely on correlation coefficients or percentage of the variance accounted for are not merely difficult to interpret, they are likely to be misinterpreted. Predictors that apparently account for a small percentage of the variance may actually be highly important from a practical…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Test Validity, Grades (Scholastic)
Peer reviewedBridgeman, Brent; Lewis, Charles – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1994
Examination of the correlation between multiple-choice and essay portions of the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) examinations with grades of first-year students from 32 colleges (largest sample=6,243) shows the best correlation for multiple choice tests for 2 examinations, with multiple choice and essay performing nearly equally for the…
Descriptors: Biology, College Freshmen, Correlation, English
Bridgeman, Brent; Lewis, Charles – 1991
Essay and multiple-choice scores from Advanced Placement (AP) examinations in American History, European History, English Language and Composition, and Biology were matched with freshman grades in a sample of 32 colleges. Multiple-choice scores from the American History and Biology examinations were superior to essays for predicting overall grade…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Biology, College Freshmen, English
