Correlation of Army Alpha Intelligence Test with academic grades in high schools and military academies

Abstract

The correlation of Army Alpha with academic marks in high schools and military academies yields an appreciably higher correlation for the latter group. This suggests to the authors that methods of instruction in the military academy are more apt to hold the student to his maximum intellectual ability. The low correlation generally found between intelligence and academic marks may be to a considerable extent due to the fact that methods of school instruction do not hold students to their maximum efficiency. From Psych Bulletin 18:05:00296. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)