The predictive value of interest test items for achievement in various school subjects

Abstract

Academic interest test items were validated by comparison with scores on corresponding sub-tests in the Stanford Achievement Test for two groups of seventh-grade pupils. The ten most predictive interest test items in either arithmetic, grammar, geography, or literature seem to be effective in predicting success for each of the other of these academic fields. Literature was found to be most predictive of success in the three other academic fields, geography and grammar intermediate, and arithmetic least. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)