Predictive Validity of the American University of Beirut Trial Aptitude Battery

Abstract

On the basis of student scores on a battery of tests given at the time of their admission to the American University of Beirut and their subsequent college grades, the validity of the three new tests for predicting college grades was obtained. The results in general suggested a low to moderate predictive validity for each of the tests. Suggestions for test revision were based on item analysis and on classification of the items in terms of both the factors of science aptitude and the subject matter each item represents.