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ERIC Number: EJ277480
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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A Validation of the Use of the American College Testing Proficiency Examination Program for Advanced Upper Division Placement of Nursing Students Graduated from Hospital-Based (Diploma) Nursing Programs.
Suddick, David A.; Collins, Burton A.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v42 n4 p1177-79 Win 1982
The American College Testing Program's ACT Proficiency Examination Program credit-by-examination testing model is an effective alternative for determining the advanced standing of students graduated from hospital-based nursing programs who were entering a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at an upper division university. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Student Placement, Teaching Hospitals, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: ACT Proficiency Examination Program; American College Testing Program