Topic
SAT Testing
Instructions
Consider an important life decision you have made on the basis of a test score that was intended to predict a future outcome (I.e. the SAT and what type of college student you would become, or a driver’s license exam and what type of future driver you would become). Using what we have learned this week about predictive validity, address the following in a two-page paper: Evaluate the test’s ability to predict the future behavior. Was the criterion in question objective or subjective? Can you think of a criterion you would find more appropriate to predict the future behavior? What limitations can you think of in terms of using test scores in this way? Can you think of a better way than testing to predict things like future academic or occupational success?
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Paper submission requirements:
- Your submission should be 3-5 pages in length
- Use correct APA formatting for in-text citations
- Title page with running head and references page
Answer preview
The ability to proceed from one level of education to the next level is normally made possible by the passage of one or two test requirements. An entry into some colleges requires that a student sits for SAT exams. These tests are meant to make it easy for the admissions board to choose who joins college and for what course and who does not. Tests are administered in one similar way, but there are various ways which test scores can be interpreted. The biggest misconception about SATs is that they are perfectly calibrated measures, something similar to scales or thermometers (Buckley, Letukas & Wildavsky, 2018).
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