Demographic Differences in Aptitude Test Performance

Student self-selection in deciding to repeat a test was examined by contrasting the test performance of students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) as juniors and again as seniors with the test performance of students taking the SAT only once as juniors. Estimates of expected test performance on a common initial administration in the junior year were derived from separate equating sections and background variables. Residuals of observed minus expected test scores revealed statistically significant differences between students who took a single administration of the SAT as juniors and students who took the same initial administration but also repeated the test as seniors; the initial observed scores of students later repeating the test were consistently lower than their expected scores for both the verbal and mathematical sections. These results indicate that self-selection occurs when students decide to repeat a test and that score changes among these students reflect negative errors of measurement on the initial test administration as well as other factors.

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Patterns of change in scholastic aptitude test performance among academically talented adolescents

Roeper Review ◽

10.1080/02783198709553097 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 110-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Paul J. Brounstein ◽

William Holahan

Keyword(s):

Test Performance ◽

Scholastic Aptitude Test ◽

Aptitude Test ◽

Academically Talented ◽

Scholastic Aptitude

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Differences in Task and Use of Language: A Study of Lateral Eye Movement

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1981.52.3.995 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 52 (3) ◽

pp. 995-1002 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Joan Katz ◽

Patricia Salt

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Eye Movements ◽

Test Performance ◽

Right Hemisphere ◽

Scholastic Aptitude Test ◽

Aptitude Test ◽

College Majors ◽

Scholastic Aptitude ◽

Lateral Eye ◽

The Right

The lateral eye movements of 25 right-handed, native-English speakers 18 to 30 yr. of age were recorded. Both task and individual differences in the utilization of cerebral hemispheres were found. Earlier findings of task differences in the direction of eye movements for verbal and spatial questions were confirmed, and previous evidence of the involvement of the right hemisphere with “unpleasant” emotion was supported. No differences in performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test were found between consistent and inconsistent eye movers. Individual differences between right-eye movers and left-eye movers were found in their choice of college majors, Scholastic Aptitude Test performance, and in their course preferences. The current study also presents evidence of differences in language use by adults which seem related to cerebral hemispheric activity.

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