Admissions Tests and the Probability of Academic Success in Higher Education. A Study in a Mexican State Public University

The growing demand for admission to institutions of higher education, combined with the decreasing availability of the academic supply, has increased the need to apply selection criteria, among which are entrance examinations. This work shows an approximation of the relationship between students’ re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Chain Revuelta, Ragueb, Cruz Ramírez, Nicandro, Martínez Morales, Manuel, Jácome Ávila, Nancy
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repositorio:Revista Electrónica de Investigacion Educativa
Idioma:español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.redie.uabc.mx:article/72
Acceso en línea:https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/72
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Entrance examinations
performance
higher education.
Exámenes de admisión
rendimiento
educación superior.
Descripción
Sumario:The growing demand for admission to institutions of higher education, combined with the decreasing availability of the academic supply, has increased the need to apply selection criteria, among which are entrance examinations. This work shows an approximation of the relationship between students’ results in the areas of knowledge explored by the National Examination for Admission to Higher Education (EXANI II), and their scholastic trajectory. Analyzed was information available for the 1998 EXANI II results, and the academic path of 6,937 freshman students at The University of Veracruz (UV). For the analysis, conditional independence tests, as well as simple correlation tools were used. Without exhausting all the possibilities, analysis of the data suggests the degree of association between the examination scores and university performance.