The correlation between the performance in the Scholastic Achievement Test held by College Entrance Examination Center and the academic achievement at the high school

• Main Authors: LEE CHIA-LIN, 李佳玲
• Other Authors: 蕭次融
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56566800379129302343

碩士 === 國立台北師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 90 === Abstract The main purpose of this study is to look into the correlation among students from different high schools on their performance in the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) held by College Entrance Examination Center (CEEC) and the academic achievement (AA) at the high school on the subjects of Chinese, English, and Mathematics. The results of this study are to provide high schools with a useful prediction system to recommend their most suitable candidate students to the most suitable department in college. All the relevant information, data, and field investigations were collected during this study and incorporated in my thesis. The population in this study includes 345 high schools and 132,168 students who participated in the 2001 academic year’s SAT assessment test. The scores in English and Mathematics of the Joint College Entrance Examination (JCEE) in 2000 were randomly selected. The average score of both English and Mathematics were sorted in the order of the scores, divided into groups of high-score, average-score, and low-score. In each group, 12 high schools were chosen as samples. All the score data were collected with the permission from these sample schools via the CEEC. High schools, universities and the CEEC may use some conclusions derived from the outcome of data analysis in this study hopefully. 1.The average of the SAT score on Chinese was deviated to high-score, while that of Mathematics was deviated to low-score. 2.There is a significant difference among schools on all the subjects of SAT. 3.The factors of differentiation on the SAT and AA arise from different groups and majors. 4.According to the SAT results, it shows that the percentage of students to reach the mean of top quarter population (MTQP) is higher on the subject of Chinese than those of English and Mathematics, though it shows no significant difference in the low and average groups on Chinese. Contrary, the difference is quite obvious among those groups on the Mathematics and English, in which the majority of the high-score group students fall on MTQP and MUHP (mean of upper half population), while the average-score group students fall on MAP (mean of all population) and MLHP (mean of lower half population), and low-score group students fall on MLHP and un unreach the MBQP (mean of bottom quarter population), respectively. 5.There is no significant difference on Chinese, English, and Mathematics of AA among those students in the different groups. 6.Students’ academic achievement (AA) at the high school and their SAT scores show a high positive correlation. 7.Among Chinese, English, and Mathematics, English shows the highest correlation, between AA and SAT scores and Chinese shows the lowest correlation. Key Words：Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)、Academic Achievement (AA)