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Educational and Occupational Validation of a High School Comparative Prediction Battery (Pilot Study)

Author(s):
French, John Winslow, 1918-
Publication Year:
1956
Report Number:
RB-56-01
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
48
Subject/Key Words:
Aptitude Tests, Comparative Prediction Battery, Interest Inventories, Job Satisfaction, Predictive Validity, Trade and Industrial Education, Vocational Interests

Abstract

This report concerns the preliminary tryout of tests intended for use in comparative prediction at the ninth-grade level. A nine-hour battery of pure-factor aptitude tests and of interest measures was given to students in all grades of the Middlesex and Essex County, New Jersey, Vocational and Technical High Schools. The ninth-grade data were used for internal test analysis. This report discusses the follow-up done with the data for the eleventh grade, twelfth grade, and special graduate classes. The follow-up included the gathering of school shop grades, job ratings by employers a half to one year after leaving school, and scores on satisfaction with the trade entered. The validity study shows that, among the 30 scores validated, there are a considerable number of validity coefficients suitable for comparative prediction for success in the various school shop courses. The validity of the tests is less good for the job criteria.

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