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ERIC Number: EJ317811
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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Does the SAT Help Colleges Make Better Selection Decisions?
Crouse, James
Harvard Educational Review, v55 n2 p195-219 May 1985
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of high school students to calculate the actual improvement in freshman grade point average, college completion, and total years of schooling from colleges' use of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Crouse compares predictions based on high school rank to argue that the SAT's costs do not justify its limited predictive ability. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Graduation, Higher Education, Predictive Validity, Selective Admission
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972; SAT (College Admission Test)
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