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Maximizing Gateway English Throughput for International Students in the California Community Colleges: Understanding the Predictive Validity of Common ESL Tests
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Hayward, Craig – RP Group, 2023
The RP Group's Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) produced this technical report as part of a series on how California's community colleges can ensure more English learners (ELs) successfully complete "gateway" English coursework -- courses that satisfy the English writing requirements for completion of an associate's degree as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Placement
Validity of NBME Part I and Part II Scores in Prediction of Part III Performance.
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Swanson, David B.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
Using a national sample of recent medical school graduates (n=12,213), a study of predictive validity of the National Board of Medical Examiners test parts I and II found strong correlations between performance on those parts and part III, supporting the test's use, at least in part, for selection of residency applicants. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education
Can Trait Anxiety, Grades, and Test Scores Measured Prior to Medical School Matriculation Predict Clerkship Performance?
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Jones, Bonnie J. – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study followed 66 medical students from matriculation through clerkship to determine the use of an anxiety measure, undergraduate grades, and Medical College Admission Test scores in predicting clerkship performance. Results showed disparities in prediction but suggest that the way students are evaluated in clerkships determined which factors…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Clinical Experience, College Entrance Examinations, Grades (Scholastic)