ERIC_NO:
ED314446
TITLE:
Relationships between the PPST and ACT Admissions Tests for Teacher Education and College GPA and NTE.
AUTHOR:
Fletcher, Richard K., Jr.; And Others
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1989
ABSTRACT:
The Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) has been given to all students as an entry requirement into teacher education programs at Tennessee
Technological University (Cookeville) since 1983. All students at the
University are also required to take the American College Test (ACT).
One of the questions in this study related to whether the same or similar
information was already available from the ACT as was measured by the
PPST. Further questions were examined regarding the relationship between
the PPST and the ACT and measures of academic success, college grade point
average (GPA), and scores on the National Teacher Examination (NTE). The
study sample was comprised of 357 students enrolled at Tennessee
Technological University between September 1984 and May 1989, who had
taken both the PPST and the NTE prior to May 1989. Results from the analysis
of 270 graduates reveal correlations between similar subtests of the PPST
and ACT ranging from 0.58 to 0.71. The correlations between similar subtests
of the PPST and NTE ranged from 0.51 to 0.71. Correlations between the
predictor variables and GPA ranged from 0.05 to 0.32. Values for multiple
correlations were slightly higher than were those for simple correlations.
Twenty-eight tables present data from the study. (Author/SLD)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Academic Achievement; College Graduates; Grade Point Average; Predictive Measurement; Teacher Education; Test Results;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Admission Criteria; College Entrance Examinations; College Students; Comparative Testing; Correlation; Grade Prediction; Graduate Students; Higher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Test Validity;
IDENTIFIERS:
American College Testing Program; National Teacher Examinations; Pre Professional Skills Tests; Tennessee Technological University
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
143; 150