New Perspectives on the Validity of the GRE General Test for Predicting Graduate School Grades GRE GPA
- Author(s):
- Klieger, David M.; Cline, Frederick; Holtzman, Steven; Minsky, Jennifer; Lorenz, Florian
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Source:
- Wendler, Cathy; Bridgeman, Brent (eds.) with assistance from Chelsea Ezzo. The Research Foundation for the GRE revised General Test: A Compendium of Studies. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service, 2014, p5.2.1-5.2.7
- Document Type:
- Chapter
- Page Count:
- 7
- Subject/Key Words:
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE), General Test (GRE), Revised GRE, Graduate School, Grades, Predictive Validity, Grade Point Average (GPA)
Abstract
For example, for master’s seekers in engineering departments, 40% of the students in the bottom Analytical Writing quartile in their department were clearly struggling, while only 25% in the top Analytical Writing quartile were struggling.