Abstract

BACALLAO GALLESTEY, Jorge. Al rescate de las pruebas de nivel de entrada como predictores del rendimiento en la enseñanza médica superior. Educ Med Super [online]. 1996, vol.10, n.1, pp.3-4. ISSN 0864-2141.

A series of scattered evidences in previous articles, is collected, and some new evidences are furnished, based in the application of ROC curves (relative operating characteristic), to show the convenience of using the so called "college admission tests" as educational achievement predictors. ROC curves demonstrate that these tests may be better predictors that some, very well known, as the academic index or the orthography tests. Due to the fact that they explore very specific areas of knowledge, directly associated with the disciplines of the curriculum, these tests could be used as valuable complements of the admission tests, and as an additional element to identify the students with a good or a poor prognostic in each subject.

Keywords : ROC CURVES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ACHIEVEMENT; COLLEGE ADMISSION TESTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA..