In testing the Academic Achievement scale, no relationship was found to persistence or between entering first-year Academic Achievement scale scores and 4-year grade point average. Comparisons with a scholastic ability test were unfavorable, other results ambiguous, and caution seems indicated in using the scale. (Author)

Predictive validity of the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language and the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration was investigated singly and in combination for a group of preschool children. The results indicated little practical significance in using both instruments as opposed to either test singly. (Author/CP)

Administered the Gesell Development Exam and the Bracken Basic Concept Scale (BBCS) to kindergarten graduates (N=80). Found the BBCS may be a better predictor of achievement from a current state of readiness. (Author/ABL)

This study investigated the relationships between graduate students' placement test scores for English as a second language (ESL) and three measures of academic performance (grade point average [GPA], faculty evaluations, and student self-assessments). Qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques (archival, questionnaires, and…

Validity of selected cognitive and affective variables as predictors of academic success among disadvantaged minority college students was analyzed via multiple regression. The best combination of predictors was reading, attitude toward authority, internality-externality (selected items), and dogmatism, which together accounted for approximately…

HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA GRADES OF 157 STUDENTS WERE BETTER PREDICTORS OF THEIR PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGE ALGEBRA (MATH 101) THAN EITHER THEIR SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST-MATHEMATICS PORTION OR THEIR SEQUENTIAL TESTS OF EDUCATION PROGRESS-MATHEMATICS SUBTEST SCORES. THE AVERAGE OF THE STUDENTS' ALGEBRA I AND II GRADES SHOWED A CORRELATION WITH THEIR MATH 101…

THIS STUDY COMPARED COUNSELOR PREDICTIONS OF COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN A GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS. COMPARISONS WERE MADE BETWEEN 3 GROUPS OF COUNSELORS AND ONE GROUP OF NON-COUNSELORS TO IDENTIFY CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD CLINICAL PREDICTORS AND TO COMPARE EFFICIENCY OF CLINICAL…

The hypothesis that tests of precollege aptitude/achievement are poor predictors of later college grades because of uneven changes in aptitude development over these years was investigated. A battery of 11 tests administered before college entrance was readministered to 59 female and 67 male college seniors. Correlations obtained from high school…

There is a strong indication that a student's estimate of his achievement may be more accurate than teacher or peer evaluation. Furthermore, a teacher can help a student improve his self-evaluation over a period of time if the teacher takes into consideration aspects of the student's personality. The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) if…

The validity of predictors of academic performance in six postgraduate fields were compared. The fields included three liberal arts areas and three professional areas. The predictors included information about students's backgrounds, self-conceptions, values, nonacademic achievements, and curricular patterns as well as admissions test scores and…

This research attempts to determine the usefulness of assessing academic achievement motivation, biographical information, and parental perceptions in the prediction of academic achievement and reading efficiency. The Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Lorge-Thorndike IQ test provided data for criterion measures of educational achievement…