Validity Evidence for ACT Compass® Placement Tests. ACT Research Report Series 2014 (2)

Autor/inn/en	Westrick, Paul A.; Allen, Jeff
Institution	ACT, Inc.
Titel	Validity Evidence for ACT Compass® Placement Tests. ACT Research Report Series 2014 (2)
Quelle	(2014), (48 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Grade Point Average; College Readiness; College Entrance Examinations; Computer Assisted Testing; Student Placement; College Admission; Measures (Individuals); At Risk Students; Intervention; High School Students; College Bound Students; Models; Regression (Statistics); Probability; Accuracy; Evidence; ACT Assessment; COMPASS (Computer Assisted Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufnahmeprüfung; Schülerpraktikum; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Messdaten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Analogiemodell; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Evidenz; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest
Abstract	We examined the validity of using Compass® test scores and high school grade point average (GPA) for placing students in first-year college courses and for identifying students at risk of not succeeding. Consistent with other research, the combination of high school GPA and Compass scores performed better than either measure used alone. Results also indicate that, relative to Compass scores, the predictive strength of high school GPA decays with student age. We recommend using multiple measures for making course placement decisions and identifying students for intervention. The following three tables are appended: (1) Estimated Variances across Institutions of Standardized Logistic Regression Coefficients in the Single-Predictor Models; (2) Estimated Variances across Institutions of Standardized Logistic Regression Coefficients in the Two-Predictor Models; and (3) Estimated Unstandardized Logistic Regression Fixed-Effects Coefficients. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10