The ACE Psychological Examination and high school standing as predictors of college success

Abstract

This study involved the calculation of validity coefficients for high school standing and the ACE for 4030 freshmen in 12 colleges. In each case the criterion was the first-year college grade average. Findings were that the median correlation of the ACE with grades was .47; the median correlation of high school standing with the same criterion was .57. The use of a weighted composite of ACE score and high school standing provides a useful prediction of freshman average grade; the median multiple correlation being .60 for veteran students and .68 for nonveterans. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)