Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB): Validity of ASVAB form 14 for the Prediction of High School Course Grades
Abstract
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores and final course grades from over 8,000 high school students of 50 schools were gathered to determine the validity of ASVAB Form 14 for the prediction of high school course grades. Grades were collected for sources taken during the academic year in which students were tested on the ASVAB (1984-85) and for the following year. Eleven ASVAB high school composites were used as predictors of final course grades. The 10 ASVAB subtests were also taken together to predict final course grades using multiple regression techniques. Samples of sufficient size for analysis were available in 21 different academic areas. Overall, 112 course-by- year combinations were examined for evidence of validity. Several of the ASVAB high school composites were effective in predicting high school course grades. The three best composites were Business and Clerical, Mathematics, and the Armed Forces Qualification Test. Prediction was generally better in academic courses than in vocational courses, although there were exceptions. Validity coefficients relating predictor composite scores of final course grades ranged from insignificant values to approximately .67. The median value of the coefficient associated with the most effective predictor in each analysis was approximately 40. (EMK)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA228050
Entities
People
- Benjamin A. Fairbank
- John R. Welsh
- Linda L. Sawin