U of M study: standardized tests outdo prior academic experience in predicting student success
In the largest and most comprehensive study of graduate and professional school admissions tests, a University of Minnesota-led team has found that standardized test scores are more accurate than prior academic experience in predicting student success. Nathan Kuncel, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, and Sarah Hezlett of the Personnel Decisions Research Institute said that after 80 years of controversy about the value of such tests, their study reinforces the correlation between students standardized test scores and success in their graduate studies and in their field. The study is published in the Feb. 23 issue of Science.
The study evaluated graduate school tests as they relate to several indicators of performance, including first year grades, overall grades, licensing exams, faculty ratings, degree attainment, research productivity, citation counts and comprehensive exams. Evaluations of tests were based on hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. All outcomes showed that standardized test scores outperformed prior academic experience in predicting success.
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