ERIC Number: ED133006
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Dec-30
Pages: 11
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Testing for Restricted Enrollment Programs [with Addendum].
Johnston, Archie B.
A "two-pool" method developed to increase the opportunities of minority students for admission into restricted enrollment programs at Tallahassee Community College is presented in this report. Three matrices were created by matching a sample of student grade point averages against a sample of student scores on the School and College Aptitude Test (Verbal and Quantitative) and the Florida Twelfth Grade Test. Thus, for any given test score, the percentage of students achieving grades of "C" or better could be readily determined, and the minimum test scores associated with a specified percentage of student academic success could be identified. A selected cut-off score would then provide a minimum standard by which a student applicant could be deemed "fully qualified" for admission. Two applicant pools, one of minority applicants and one of majority applicants, would be created and the top "fully qualified" applicants in each pool admitted in proportion to their representation in the general student body. While some minority applicants selected might have lower absolute scores than majority applicants not selected, all would have a probability of success. Before this method could be implemented, the decision in Bakke v. Regents of the University of California was announced, which precluded its use. Alternatives are suggested. (JDS)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Tallahassee Junior Coll., FL. Office of Institutional Research.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bakke v Regents of University of California
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