<p>News:</a> ACT's Validity Questioned - Inside Higher Ed</p>
<p>This article is an interesting analysis of the validity of the ACT. The article says that the reading and science sections in the ACT have "little or no" ability to predict college success. On the other hand, it indicates that the English and math sections are "highly predictive" of college success. It is published today in "Inside Higher Ed," and the link above will direct you to the article. </p>
<p>What do people think?</p>
<p>amateur here, but is this news?..and does the reading on the SAT predict college success?</p>
<p>I might agree with the question on the validity of the science portion, (and, there are schools that do not count that section)…</p>
<p>I actually would like this article to be linked with the predictability of the SAT sections within the same sample…</p>
<p>Question: Did Ohio require ACTs for all graduating students back to 1999 (when the survey data was taken from)?..that would certainly influence the results…</p>
<p>Love the very provocative headline which has little to do with the study results. Some ACT subscores and the calculated Composite score are questioned.</p>
<p>Should I be concerned if I was planning on sending just my ACT?</p>
<p>By the same token, how reliable is a test that tests obscure vocabulary and only mathematical reasoning instead of actual knowledge? If this article was to be believed, then we can logically assume that the SAT would also become useless for college admissions.</p>
<p>And I have to say that research results that use data from ONE state more than 10 years ago are more than biased: it’s absurd.</p>
<p>^^^exactly what I pointed out but not as clearly…</p>
<p>Quite honestly, i dont think any standardized test predicts your success. Im just saying.</p>