Open AccessThe Validity of GRE ® General Test Scores for Predicting Academic Performance at U.S. Law Schools
Author(s) -
Klieger David M.,
Bridgeman Brent,
Tannenbaum Richard J.,
Cline Frederick A.,
OliveraAguilar Margarita
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/ets2.12213
Subject(s) - test (biology) , predictive validity , psychology , sample (material) , reliability (semiconductor) , educational testing , test validity , mathematics education , law , mathematics , standardized test , political science , psychometrics , developmental psychology , paleontology , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , biology
Educational Testing Service (ETS), working with 21 U.S. law schools, evaluated the predictive validity of the GRE ® General Test using a sample of 1,587 current and graduated law students. Results indicated that the GRE is a strong, generalizably valid predictor of first‐year law school grades and that it provides useful information even when undergraduate grade point average already is available to predict those grades. This report also reviews the reliability of the GRE General Test that had been determined in prior research.