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A Handbook for Administrators and Investigators Concerned with the Problems of College Admittance or Guidance of College Students
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Foreword....
PART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE PREDICTION OF
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
Chapter I. The problem...
Relation to principle that education should be
extended to all to the limits of their ability..
Articulation of high school and college as a
factor in college admission and guidance----
Two general aspects of the problems involved
in the guidance of entering college students..
Relation of the survival of students in college
to the problem of college entrance...
Methods which have been used in determining
college entrance__
II. Improvement of the prediction of college scholar-
ship through the use of tests and measurements..
Three types of tests which have been used in
the prediction of college scholarship...
General scholastic aptitude test..
Achievement tests in specific subjects..
Aptitude tests in specific subjects____.
Possible improvements in the use and interpre-
tation of test results for college prediction___
Use of test batteries__
Improvement of the interpretation of correla-
tion coefficients through an understanding of
the effect of range of ability..
Use of marks____
Articulation of high school and college--
Relationship between predictive items and col-
lege scholarship as affected by the purposes
in attending college...
Use of tests in distinguishing the differences in
the abilities of an individual__
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