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Relationship of Elementary and Secondary School Achievement Test Scores to College Performance.
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Ansley, Timothy N.; Forsyth, Robert A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
Correlations between the achievement test scores of 2,000 entering freshmen in 1977 and measures of college performance were similar to those reported for tests of the college entrance type. These results provide support for the predictive validity of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development achievement test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Correlation
Redundancy in the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills.
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Klein, Alice E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
A factor analysis was performed for two levels of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). Results showed that there was essentially one common factor with little evidence that the user would gain much nonredundant information from the 15 scores yielded by the ITBS. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Factor Analysis
The Dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC) as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Mexican-American Junior High School Students.
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Omizo, Michael M.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
Two purposes of this study were to determine the relationship between scores on five scales of the Dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC) and academic success, and to ascertain the differential validity of the DOSC scales in comparing Mexican-American junior high school males and females. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Mexican Americans
Relationship of Elementary and Secondary School Achievement Test Scores to Later Academic Success.
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Loyd, Brenda H.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
This study investigated the relationship between achievement test scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) and Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), and high school and college grade point average. Support for the predictive validity of the ITBS and ITED achievement test batteries is provided. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, Elementary Education
The Predictive Relationship of ITBS and ITED to Measures of Academic Success.
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Qualls, Audrey L.; Ansley, Timothy N. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
In a study involving 1,147 college freshmen, significant relationships were found between elementary and secondary school achievement test scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) and high school and college grade point average, but the magnitude of these relationships was small. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, Elementary Secondary Education