Relationships between the PPST and ACT Admissions Tests for Teacher Education and College GPA and NTE.

Autor/inn/en	Fletcher, Richard K., Jr.; und weitere
Titel	Relationships between the PPST and ACT Admissions Tests for Teacher Education and College GPA and NTE.
Quelle	(1989), (55 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Admission Criteria; College Entrance Examinations; College Graduates; College Students; Comparative Testing; Correlation; Grade Point Average; Grade Prediction; Graduate Students; Higher Education; Predictive Measurement; Teacher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Test Results; Test Validity; National Teacher Examinations; Pre Professional Skills Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Collegestudent; Korrelation; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Testvalidität; Teaching profession; Examination; Examinations; Lehramt; Prüfung; Staatsexamen
Abstract	The Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) has been given to all students as an entry requirement into teacher education programs at Tennessee Technological University (Cookeville) since 1983. All students at the University are also required to take the American College Test (ACT). One of the questions in this study related to whether the same or similar information was already available from the ACT as was measured by the PPST. Further questions were examined regarding the relationship between the PPST and the ACT and measures of academic success, college grade point average (GPA), and scores on the National Teacher Examination (NTE). The study sample was comprised of 357 students enrolled at Tennessee Technological University between September 1984 and May 1989, who had taken both the PPST and the NTE prior to May 1989. Results from the analysis of 270 graduates reveal correlations between similar subtests of the PPST and ACT ranging from 0.58 to 0.71. The correlations between similar subtests of the PPST and NTE ranged from 0.51 to 0.71. Correlations between the predictor variables and GPA ranged from 0.05 to 0.32. Values for multiple correlations were slightly higher than were those for simple correlations. Twenty-eight tables present data from the study. (Author/SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC