| Title: |
The Predictive Validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test for Disabled Students. Studies of Admissions Testing and Handicapped People, Report No. 8. |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Braun, Henry; Graduate Record Examinations Board, Princeton, NJ.; College Entrance Examination Board, Princeton, NJ.; Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
73 |
| Publication Date: |
1986 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
College Entrance Examinations; Disabilities; Educational Testing; Grade Point Average; Grade Prediction; Hearing Impairments; High Schools; Higher Education; Learning Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Predictive Validity; Regression (Statistics); Scores; Visual Impairments |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: |
SAT (College Admission Test) |
| Abstract: |
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) validity data on disabled students were obtained from 145 institutions with validity data on nonhandicapped students. First year grade point averages (FYAs) were obtained for almost 1,000 disabled students who had taken special test administrations of the SAT with extra time and for more than 650 disabled students who had taken standard test administrations. Empirical Bayes procedures were used in conjunction with the sample of nonhandicapped students to develop separate regression equations for each of the 145 institutions. This study examined whether regression equations based on data from nonhandicapped students predicted the performance of handicapped students as well as the nonhandicapped. The SAT performance of visually impaired and physically handicapped people was not very different from that of the nonhandicapped students. The SAT scores of learning-disabled students were considerable lower and those of hearing-impaired students even lower. Results also showed patterns of overprediction and underprediction in FYA predictions based on high school grades alone. In addition, SAT scores from special test administrations overpredicted the college performance of students with disabilities, especially learning disabilities. This was not true, however, for hearing-impaired students. (Author/GDC) |
| Entry Date: |
1988 |
| Accession Number: |
ED286884 |
| Database: |
ERIC |