Recruiting for the National SAT Validity Study

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The College Board continues to examine the validity, fairness and effectiveness of the SAT across a national range of institutions and students.

Over 190 four-year colleges and universities have participated in this ongoing effort to research test validity and college success. Each participating institution receives:

  • A stipend for the work involved in assembling and submitting a data file with particular student information related to college performance.
  • Unique institutional admission (and placement, if desired) validity studies customized and designed to your specifications.
  • A comprehensive data file returned with supplementary student-level variables from a College Board database.
  • Copies of the National SAT Validity Study (.pdf/119KB)  and other research studies that report data aggregated across institutions.

The study will focus on the first-time, first-year students who began at your institution in fall 2011. It has been designed to include those four-year institutions with at least 250 first-year students and more than 75 SAT takers.

The data files for the study are due by October 31, 2012.

Get comprehensive information on the National SAT Validity Study (.pdf/68KB).

If your institution is interested in participating in this national research project, please contact Emily Shaw at nsatvastudy@collegeboard.org or 212-713-8172.