ABSTRACT
The validity of the SAT I for predicting college performance has been widely studied (see, e.g., Bridgeman, McCamley-Jenkins, & Ervin, 2000; and Ramist, Lewis, & McCamley-Jenkins, 1994). A recent meta-analysis of approximately 3,000 studies of the predictive validity of the SAT I involving over one million students found that this test is a valid predictor of performance early in college, with multiple correlations of the SAT I Verbal and Math Composite with freshman college grade point average (FGPA) ranging from .44 to .62 (Hezlett et al., 2001). This same study found that the SAT I is also a valid predictor of academic performance later in college (e.g., graduation, cumulative grade point average) with multiple correlations ranging from the mid-30s to the mid-40s.
