News and Views: The Shrinking Black-White Gap on SAT II Achievement Tests

From: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education | Date: January 31, 2002 | Copyright information

The University of California requires all prospective students to take three SAT II tests in addition to the standard Scholastic Assessment Test. These one-hour, subject-specific tests formerly known as Achievement Tests are taken ordinarily only by high-achieving high school students.

The University of California recently completed a study examining the predictive value of scores on the SAT, the SAT II tests, as well as the correlation between high school grade point averages and college grade point averages. The study examined the test scores and grade point averages of 78,000 students who ...

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