Comparative Validity of the Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) For Predicting High School Course Marks.

Knapp, Lila; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ198874

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1978

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Comparative Validity of the Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) For Predicting High School Course Marks.

Knapp, Lila; And Others

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v38 n4 p1053-56 Win 1978

Comparative validity data for the Career Ability Placement Survey and the General Aptitude Test Battery relative to predicting course marks are presented for a sample of ninth grade students. The pattern of correlations between school grades and conceptually similar tests in the two measures was highly similar. (Author/JKS)

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Grade 9, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, Secondary Education, Technical Reports, Test Validity, Vocational Aptitude

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Aptitude Test Battery

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