The Old Days Test: Scholastic Aptitude Test Items from the 1920's Revisited.

Donlon, Thomas F.; Breland, Nancy

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The Old Days Test: Scholastic Aptitude Test Items from the 1920's Revisited.

Donlon, Thomas F.; Breland, Nancy

Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, v15 n4 p274-82 Jan 1983

Describes an informal project that rescued the 1926 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) from oblivion and administered it to a group of college students in 1980-81. Suggests the usefulness for this SAT as a prediction instrument today because of its excellent reliability and interest correlation. (PAS)

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Educational Change, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Test Construction, Test Validity, Verbal Ability

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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