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prohibits limitation on enrollment to programs or courses unless such limitations are
justified through research, mandated by the state licensing agency or stipulated by
the accrediting agency of the profession.
State regulations require that the community college provide predictive
validity evidence of test-score-based inferences and course prerequisites if test scores
or course prerequisites are used to limit enrollment into a course or program
(Armstrong, 2000). Standardize test scores (i.e. GRE, ACT, MCAT) was not
adopted as a variable in the admission selection process because data did not exist to
perform the required study to support its significance in the admission process. For
the purpose of student placement, the state allows companion measures (e.g. grade
point average GPA, personal statement, letter of reference, and work experience) as a
supplement to placement test scores. Companion measures were adopted as
predictor variables in the admission selection process and were the primary data used
as indicators to predict student success or failure in completing the program and their
performance on the National Certification Examination (NCE).
Science grade point average (GPAsci) and cumulative grade point average
(GPAcum) were determined from a list of prerequisite courses that must be
completed prior to application submission. The grade point averages (GPAs) were
established based on admission criteria set by other relevant allied health programs
in the District. The prerequisite courses used for the GPAs were basic education
core courses defined by the state’s Physician Assistant Committee (PAC). Section
1399.531 of the PAC Laws and Regulations identifies prerequisite basic education
Object Description
| Title | A predictive valdity study: correlation of admission variables with program completion and student performance on the National Certification Examination in a physician assistant program |
| Author | Middleton, Delores E. |
| Author email | delores.middleton@rcc.edu; lolokinard@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-29 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-18 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Jimenez y West, Ilda |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cole, Darnell Hocevar, Dennis J. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this investigation was to examine the reliability and predictive validity of the of admission data in predicting student success in completing a community college-based physician assistant program and their performance on the National Certification Examination (NCE). The files of 170 graduates were reviewed and the following data was complied: 1) science grade point average (GPAsci), 2) cumulative grade point average (GPAcum), 3) reference letter ratings, 4) personal statement ratings, and 5) work experience -- each identified as a predictor measure in this study. The criterion measures identified in the study were 1) program completion, 2) performance on the NCE, and 3) skills. Findings demonstrated variations in the degree of relationship among predictor measures and criterion measures. The GPAsci demonstrated the greatest degree of correlation with student outcome in comparison with other predictor measures, which is consistent with previous research. Overall, the research demonstrated that there was practical significance or potentially significance correlations between the majority of the predictor measures. |
| Keyword | admission variable; criterion measures; national certification examination; criterion related evidence; reliability and predictive validy; prior academic achievement; letters of reference; personal statement; work experience |
| Coverage date | 1999/2005 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1678 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Middleton, Delores E. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Middleton-2420 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Middleton-2420.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 12 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 4 prohibits limitation on enrollment to programs or courses unless such limitations are justified through research, mandated by the state licensing agency or stipulated by the accrediting agency of the profession. State regulations require that the community college provide predictive validity evidence of test-score-based inferences and course prerequisites if test scores or course prerequisites are used to limit enrollment into a course or program (Armstrong, 2000). Standardize test scores (i.e. GRE, ACT, MCAT) was not adopted as a variable in the admission selection process because data did not exist to perform the required study to support its significance in the admission process. For the purpose of student placement, the state allows companion measures (e.g. grade point average GPA, personal statement, letter of reference, and work experience) as a supplement to placement test scores. Companion measures were adopted as predictor variables in the admission selection process and were the primary data used as indicators to predict student success or failure in completing the program and their performance on the National Certification Examination (NCE). Science grade point average (GPAsci) and cumulative grade point average (GPAcum) were determined from a list of prerequisite courses that must be completed prior to application submission. The grade point averages (GPAs) were established based on admission criteria set by other relevant allied health programs in the District. The prerequisite courses used for the GPAs were basic education core courses defined by the state’s Physician Assistant Committee (PAC). Section 1399.531 of the PAC Laws and Regulations identifies prerequisite basic education |
