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Young, John W.; Cline, Fred – Educational Testing Service, 2009
"High Schools That Work" (HSTW) is a school improvement initiative that was inaugurated by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in 1987. The main purpose of this concurrent validity study is to evaluate one or more measures by investigating their relationship to other commonly used and established measures given at or about the…
Descriptors: Validity, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, High Schools
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Young, John W.; Barrett, Clare A. – Journal of College Admission, 1992
Computed measure of average academic rigor of student's high school program from high school transcripts and used measure as supplemental predictor to Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and high school rank in class. Data from two cohorts of college graduates revealed new measure was superior to SAT scores and rank in class in predicting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Bound Students