Writing Section Is SAT's Most Predictive, Researchers at U. o...
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In the latest, a study by researchers at the University of Georgia has found
that the new writing section is a much better predictor of academic success than
the test's critical-reading and mathematics sections.
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Among their findings: When controlling for other factors, such as level of
parental education, each 100-point increase on the SAT writing section
correlated, on average, with gains of 0.07 on first-year grade-point averages,
0.18 on grade-point averages in freshman English courses, and 0.54 in
credit-hours earned.
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The College Board's research found that the writing section was slightly more
predictive of freshman grade-point averages than the other two sections—and that
over all, revisions in the test had not diminished its usefulness as an
admissions tool. Those studies evaluated data on approximately 150,000 students
at 110 four-year institutions.
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Robert A. Schaeffer, public-education director for the National Center for Fair
& Open Testing, a watchdog group, noted that the Georgia researchers' study
pertained only to one freshman class at one university.
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