Exploring the Utility of Advanced Placement Participation and Performance in College Admission Decisions
Exploring the Utility of Advanced Placement Participation and Performance in College Admission Decisions
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探索先修课程参与和表现在大学录取决策中的效用
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2013
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K. Mattern
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Emily J. Shaw;Jessica P. Marini;K. Mattern
目前的研究评估了大学先修课程®（AP）考试的各种操作与大学第一年平均成绩（FYGPA）的课程信息之间的关系，以更好地了解AP在大学录取决定中的作用。特别是，不同的AP变量的增量有效性，以上相关的人口和学术变量，在预测FYGPA使用分层线性模型进行了探讨。感兴趣的AP变量包括以下内容：学生参加的AP考试数量，学生参加的AP考试数量并获得3分或更高的分数，学生参加的AP考试数量占其高中提供的AP课程数量的比例，以及他或她的平均AP分数，最高AP分数和最低AP分数。结果表明，最能提高模型拟合度的AP预测因子是平均AP考试分数。最终的模型包括多个AP变量和最改进的模型拟合，包括平均AP分数，学生参加的AP考试次数和获得3分或更高的分数，以及AP考试比例（与FYGPA呈负相关）。这些结果对于大学录取和测量专业人员来说特别相关和及时，因为AP课程信息而不是AP考试成绩信息往往会更经常地被考虑到录取决定中，如果AP信息被考虑的话。
The current study evaluated the relationship between various operationalizations of the Advanced Placement® (AP) exam and course information with first-year grade point average (FYGPA) in college to better understand the role of AP in college admission decisions. In particular, the incremental validity of the different AP variables, above relevant demographic and academic variables, in predicting FYGPA was explored using hierarchical linear modeling. The AP variables of interest included the following: the number of AP exams the student took, the number of AP exams the student took and received a score of 3 or higher, the proportion of the number AP exams the student took out of the number AP courses offered at his or her high school, and his or her average AP score, highest AP score, and lowest AP score. Results showed that the AP predictor that most improved model fit was the average AP exam score. The final model that included multiple AP variables and most improved model fit included the average AP score, the number of AP exams the student took and received a score of 3 or higher, and the AP exam proportion (which had a negative relationship with FYGPA). These results are particularly relevant and timely for college admission and measurement professionals as AP course-taking information as opposed to AP exam score information tends to be more regularly factored into admission decisions if and when AP information is considered at all.