High School GPA and Scholastic Aptitude Test V and M scales were used to predict college GPA for Mexican-American and Anglo-American college students. Results indicated that regression systems were essentially parallel for both groups, with virtually no difference in intercepts, though prediction of Anglo GPA appeared slightly more accurate.…

The contemporary problem of culture-fair selection exists largely because currently used predictors provide only weak prediction of college success. The Scholastic Aptitude Test may add little to the validity of High School Grade Point Average as a predictor of Grade Point Average. When this occurs for ethnic minorities who score low on the SAT,…

The predictive validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for Mexican-Americans is investigated. Forty-two Mexican-American freshmen students who entered the University of California, Riverside, in the Fall 1971 participated in the study. Analyses of variance concerning ethnic groups on GPA (grade point average) and SAT verbal (SATV) and math…