Differential Prediction in the Use of the SAT and High School Grades in Predicting College Performance: Joint Effects of Race and Language

Autor/inn/en	Shewach, Oren R.; Shen, Winny; Sackett, Paul R.; Kuncel, Nathan R.
Titel	Differential Prediction in the Use of the SAT and High School Grades in Predicting College Performance: Joint Effects of Race and Language
Quelle	In: Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 36 (2017) 3, S.46-57 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0731-1745
DOI	10.1111/emip.12150
Schlagwörter	Prediction; Minority Group Students; Standardized Tests; High School Students; Grades (Scholastic); Language Proficiency; Limited English Speaking; Hispanic American Students; Asian American Students; White Students; College Freshmen; Predictor Variables; College Entrance Examinations; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorhersage; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Notenspiegel; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Studienanfänger; Prädiktor; Aufnahmeprüfung
Abstract	The literature on differential prediction of college performance of racial/ethnic minority students for standardized tests and high school grades indicates the use of these predictors often results in overprediction of minority student performance. However, these studies typically involve native English-speaking students. In contrast, a smaller literature on language proficiency suggests academic performance of those with more limited English language proficiency may be underpredicted by standardized tests. These two literatures have not been well integrated, despite the fact that a number of racial/ethnic minority groups within the United States contain recent immigrant populations or heritage language speakers. This study investigates the joint role of race/ethnicity and language proficiency in Hispanic, Asian, and White ethnic groups across three educational admissions systems (SAT, HSGPA, and their composite) in predicting freshman grades. Our results indicate that language may differentially affect academic outcomes for different racial/ethnic subgroups. The SAT loses predictive power for Asian and White students who speak another best language, whereas it does not for Hispanic students who speak another best language. The differential prediction of college grades of linguistic minorities within racial/ethnic minority subgroups appears to be driven by the verbally loaded subtests of standardized tests but is largely unrelated to quantitative tests. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01