Some colleges no longer require the SAT I or the ACT tests; instead, they base their admissions on other factors, such as high school GPA. A major reason they have done this is they have found a low correlation between the scores on the tests and the students' freshman-year GPA. In other words, they were concerned that college entrance exams lacked which type of validity?

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7 March, 11:01

Some colleges no longer require the SAT I or the ACT tests; instead, they base their admissions on other factors, such as high school GPA. A major reason they have done this is they have found a low correlation between the scores on the tests and the students' freshman-year GPA. In other words, they were concerned that college entrance exams lacked which type of validity?

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Justice Robinson · Answer 1

criterion validity

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Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that they were concerned that it would lack criterion validity. This type of validity explains the extent in which the specific measured aspect of a test is related to another specific outcome. Which is why they are afraid that it lacks criterion validity since there was almost no correlation found between the scores.