Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland.

Date:
1934
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Credit: Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFATORY NOTE THE following Report embodies the results of one part of an inquiry into the prognostic value of examinations initiated by the International Institute of Teachers College, Columbia University. It deals with two Scottish examinations, the Pre- liminary Examination of the Scottish Universities Entrance Board and its principal equivalent, the Leaving Certificate Examination of the Scottish Education Department in relation to success in the Faculties of Arts and Pure Science at the University. A similar inquiry in relation to the Faculty of Medicine is in progress, and the results, when available, will be incorporated in a later issue of this Report. The Committee responsible for the Report desire to record their obligations to the International Institute of Teachers College, under whose auspices their inquiries were carried out; to the University authorities who permitted the use of data relating to their students, to the University officials who extracted the data, and to the Professors and Lecturers who furnished class marks; to the members and officials of the Entrance Board for information about the Preliminary Examination; and to the Scottish Education Department for Teachers’ Estimates and Leaving Certificate marks. The expense of the investigation has been borne by the International Institute of Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.