Exploring "GRE"® and "TOEFL"® Score Profiles of International Students Intending to Pursue a Graduate Degree in the United States. Research Report. ETS RR-22-02

Autor/inn/en	Roohr, Katrina; Olivera-Aguilar, Margarita; Bochenek, Jennifer; Belur, Vinetha
Titel	Exploring "GRE"® and "TOEFL"® Score Profiles of International Students Intending to Pursue a Graduate Degree in the United States. Research Report. ETS RR-22-02
Quelle	In: ETS Research Report Series, (2022), (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; College Entrance Examinations; Graduate Study; Language Tests; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Students; Foreign Countries; Scores; Student Characteristics; Profiles; Gender Differences; Majors (Students); STEM Education; Study Abroad; Masters Programs; Doctoral Programs; Geographic Regions; College Admission; China; India; United States; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; Graduate Record Examinations; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufnahmeprüfung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Language test; Sprachtest; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; STEM; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Doktorandenprogramm; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Indien; USA; Asien; Lateinamerika; Vorderasien
Abstract	The United States continues to be a top destination for international students pursuing an advanced degree. Some information about the characteristics of international students applying to graduate programs in the United States is available, but little is known about how these characteristics are related to test taker performance on graduate admissions tests and how performance may be related to graduate program characteristics. The purpose of this study was to investigate different patterns of performance of international test takers from four cultural regions and two large countries (China and India) on both the "GRE"® test and the "TOEFL"® test and the relationship with demographic and graduate program characteristics. Using finite mixture modeling, we investigated the most common score profiles using GRE and TOEFL for international students intending to pursue a graduate program within the United States; evaluated the demographic and college-level factors related to the profiles; and evaluated whether the profiles were differentially associated with gender, intended field of study, and intended degree level. Results showed the following broad patterns of results: (a) Most countries and cultural regions, except for the Middle East, had three or four latent profiles representing low, medium, and high scores on the GRE and TOEFL sections; (b) two high-performing profiles were found in Confucian Asia, one with higher GRE Quantitative Reasoning scores and the other with higher scores on GRE Verbal and TOEFL; (c) regardless of profile, test takers from China performed highest on the GRE Quantitative Reasoning section as compared to other GRE and TOEFL section scores; (d) in general, there was a relationship with students in the lower performing profiles taking the TOEFL and GRE multiple times; (e) regardless of country or cultural region, men were represented more than women overall and across most of the profiles; and (f) test takers showed a preference for science-, technology-, engineering-, and mathematics-based fields and master's degrees, but this varied across country and cultural region. Implications for future research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01