Prediction of Academic and Nonacademic Achievement in Two-Year Colleges From the Act Assessment

THE growing importance and complexity of two-year colleges emphasizes the need for comprehensive information about twoyear college students. The purpose of the present study is to examine the prediction of academic and nonacademic achievement in twoyear colleges. Specifically, the validity of the ACT assessment is evaluated by predicting college grades and nonacademic achievements for a large sample of two-year college students. The ACT assessment consists of the ACT tests and the Student Profile Sec-