Scholastic Prediction in a Teachers College

Students’, Parents’, and Counselors’ Prediction of Academic Success

“…In general, however, most of these studies have concerned themselves with the relationships between college grades and such factors as high school grades, high school class rank, high school subjects, special aptitudes, various achievement tests, and academic aptitude test scores. (3,11,5,1,6,2,7,8,12,9,10) These studies, in general, yield correlation coefficients around the mid .50's. Very sparse attention has been directed toward self-prediction of grades.…”

The Measurement and Prediction of Teaching Efficiency

“…***These numbers refer to the bibliography at the end of this report; the number of entries here will not add up to the total frequency in the row of figures above since each study may employ more than one criterion. 15,21,24,38,47,60,67,73,74,81,85,89,96,97,98,108,110,131) t'l:I II Competencies (abilities to do) ..... (7,8,21,23,24,42,49,81,124) (8,9,19,20,22,24,28,47,60,67,68,74,81,87,97,98,108,124 (7,9, 12,23,24,25,29,34,38,40,41,47,49,65,67,74,81,86, 8'1, 89,96,97,101, 103, 108, 124 (8,9,16, 17a, 22a, 39, 41, 55, 56, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 73, 74, 81, 83, 85, 89, 97, 99, 112, 126, 127, 128, 133) (8,15, 17a, 20a, 21, 22a, 26, 39, 56, 61, 63, 65, 73, 77, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91a, 115, 117, 125, 128, 133, 134) …”

Pretraining Selection of Teachers during 1940-1943

“…Only three such studies are found in thi s su rvey of the literature in teacher recruitment. (19), (26), (61) . There is, however, more emphasis than formerly on objective techniques such as standa rdized tests , and questionnaires.…”

“…The list of techniques used most frequently follows: so also are interviews, and similar subjective means of evaluation. (17), (19), (23), (24), (28), (34). Similarly there appears to be a trend away from too much dependence upon elimination at the time of admission.…”

“…Such investigations may discover factors that have not been adequately considered up to the :present. (2), (19), (27).…”