| Abstract: | Procedures are described which are used in developing and testing a method for making global assessments of students' college accomplishments four years after high school graduation. The objectives of colleges as stated in their bulletins are usually classified into such categories as academic accomplishments, accomplishments other than academic, clarity and purpose-fulness of educational-vocational goals, and participation and leadership in extracurricular activities. Expected levels of student accomplishments are developed for each of the above categories, and hierarchies containing three levels above and three levels below the expected levels are defined. Methods for assessing and quantifying performances in each of the separate categories and combining them into a global assessment of accomplishments are described. Finally, the results of a trial of the procedure with 497 students is presented. |
