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Direct linkZhang, Charlene; Kuncel, Nathan R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2020
Measures of biographical data, or biodata, provide indicators of one's life history and past experiences. Biodata information is often available in various forms during processes of academic admissions to higher education. Such information can be used, in combination with other factors, to predict students' future academic and extra-curricular…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Biographical Inventories, Scores, Predictor Variables
Shu, Siwen; Kuncel, Nathan R.; Sackett, Paul R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2017
Extensive research has examined the validity and fairness of standardized tests in academic admissions. However, due to their underrepresentation in higher education, American Indians have gained much less attention in this research. In the present study, we examined for American Indian students (1) group differences on SAT scores, (2) the…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Academic Achievement
Yu, Martin C.; Sackett, Paul R.; Kuncel, Nathan R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
The prevalence of homeschooling in the United States is increasing. Yet little is known about how commonly used predictors of postsecondary academic performance (SAT, high school grade point average [HSGPA]) perform for homeschooled students. Postsecondary performance at 140 colleges and universities was analyzed comparing a sample of traditional…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, College Students, Home Schooling
Kostal, Jack W.; Kuncel, Nathan R.; Sackett, Paul R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
Grade inflation threatens the integrity of college grades as indicators of academic achievement. In this study, we contribute to the literature on grade inflation by providing the first estimate of the size of grade increases at the student level between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s. By controlling for student characteristics and course-taking…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Grades (Scholastic), Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating
Higdem, Jana L.; Kostal, Jack W.; Kuncel, Nathan R.; Sackett, Paul R.; Shen, Winny; Beatty, Adam S.; Kiger, Thomas B. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
Recent research has shown that admissions tests retain the vast majority of their predictive power after controlling for socioeconomic status (SES), and that SES provides only a slight increment over SAT and high school grades (high school grade point average [HSGPA]) in predicting academic performance. To address the possibility that these…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Grade Point Average
Beatty, Adam S.; Walmsley, Philip T.; Sackett, Paul R.; Kuncel, Nathan R.; Koch, Amanda J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2015
Little is known about the reliability of college grades relative to how prominently they are used in educational research, and the results to date tend to be based on small sample studies or are decades old. This study uses two large databases (N > 800,000) from over 200 educational institutions spanning 13 years and finds that both first-year…
Descriptors: Reliability, Grades (Scholastic), College Students, Grade Point Average
