A Revalidation of the Use of the American College Testing Proficiency Examination Program for Admission to the Masters Degree of Nursing Program

Abstract

At an upper-division university, students entering the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program hold the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree, but not all the students met the minimum undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) criterion. Students who would have not been normally admitted demonstrated their academic potential by successfully challenging five ACT Proficiency Examination Program (PEP) tests. The first term grade point average of the masters course work of the students having acceptable UGPAs and of those admitted by the PEP testing alternative were compared. No significant difference was found; a finding reported in prior research. Thus, the continued use of the PEP testing program for admission of BSN students with unacceptable UGPA to the MSN program was supported.

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