Predicting Achievement in Grades Three Through Ten Using the Metropolitan Readiness Test

This study investigated the validity of the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL) for the prediction of school success. Fifty-three kindergarten children ranging in age from 55 months to 71 months were pre-screened with the DIAL five months prior to school entrance and then administered the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT), Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT), and a Progress Report form during the end of the academic year. Canonical correlations and stepwise multiple linear regression analyses indicated that the DIAL Communications subtest was the most valid single predictor of school success as determined by the composite MRT. The DIAL Concepts subtest was the only significant predictor of Progress Report composite score. Implications of these results are discussed in terms of preschool screening programs and the use of the DIAL.

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Predicting achievement in medical school: a comparison of preclinical and clinical criteria.

Journal of Applied Psychology ◽

10.1037/h0055059 ◽

1954 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 245-247 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert Glaser ◽

Owen Jacobs

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Clinical Criteria ◽

Predicting Achievement

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The Effectiveness of Intellectual and Non-Intellectual Factors in Predicting Achievement for Business Students

The Journal of Educational Research ◽

10.1080/00220671.1964.10883106 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 57 (8) ◽

pp. 402-407 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Donivan J. Watley

Keyword(s):

Business Students ◽

Predicting Achievement

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Perceptual-Motor Skills, Ability to Conserve, and School Readiness

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1974.38.2.491 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 491-494 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jerry B. Ayers ◽

Michael E. Rohr ◽

Mary N. Ayers

Keyword(s):

School Readiness ◽

Motor Skills ◽

First Grade ◽

Logical Thinking ◽

Metropolitan Readiness Test ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Perceptual Motor Skills

To determine the relationship of perceptual-motor skills and ability to conserve to school readiness, 94 Ss in kindergarten and first grade were administered the Purdue Perceptual-motor Survey, the Metropolitan Readiness Test, and six Piaget tasks to measure logical thinking. Scores on the Purdue scale and Piaget tasks were not correlated; however, both sets of scores were moderately correlated with school readiness as measured by the Metropolitan test.

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