In other words, when a student's entire academic career was considered, SAT scores were poor predictors of performance, indicating that as a valid test of predicting overall achievement in college, the test fell short. Critics have long complained that the SAT fails to measure "high-level intellectual strengths, imagination, judgment, inductive reasoning, and abilities to reflect, organize, and synthesize" which are important in taking upper-level college classes (Heller 1997:110)
This test purports to predict success in graduate school which is also required for most advanced degree programs within the nursing profession. "Data from 1,753 independent samples were included in the meta-analysis, yielding 6,589 correlations for 8 different criteria and 82,659 graduate students" indicating that scores on the test can predict "1st-year graduate grade point average, comprehensive examination scores, publication citation counts, and faculty ratings" (Kuncel, Hezlett & Ones 2001:162)
Furthermore, given that students of all ages apply to graduate-level programs, finding a way to measure older adults' likelihood of success using a means other than grades is essential: "Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores were identified as strong predictors of academic success. Undergraduate GPA (UGPA) demonstrated differential validity, being a strong predictor for younger students, but not for older students" (Shiyko & Pappas 2009)
For example, the city was widely praised in 2008 for "students' outstanding performance on the kindergarten and first grade Terranova exams," designed to test the performance of ELA (English Language Arts). 94% of students earned an above grade level rate on the Terranova is 94%, but "two years later, however, when that cohort of students took the state English Language Arts third-grade exam, only 51% were proficient," and such a plummet in test scores is unlikely to indicate a reliable test (Strauss 2011)
Nevertheless, this test could be inappropriate for jobs that require short training to acquire the knowledge. Therefore, I will use this test depending on the nature of the job (Flamholtz, 2009)
Therefore, I will only consider the following tests. This is because all these tests have demonstrated to connect to some crucial employment outcomes (Heneman, Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012)
I can administer this test through paper and pencil or computer methods to a group. I would opt for this test because it produces authentic inferences for various organizational outcomes (Prien & Goodstein, 2006)