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Ability, attainment and affluence – relationships between the SAT, A levels and student characteristics

In a longitudinal study to examine the validity of the SAT&#174, for use in admissions to higher education in the UK, relationships between SAT&#174, score, UK national examination results (&#8220,A levels&#8221,) and background characteristics were analysed.Using an affluence measure derived from students&#8217, survey responses, it was found that SAT&#174, scores on two components (Critical Reading and Writing) tended to be higher for affluent students compared to less affluent students with similar A level and GCSE results. The level of entry points of students&#8217, HE courses were related to factors at both the individual student level and the school level. The former were primarily their attainment at A level and GCSE, but also factors such as ethnicity and affluence. The SAT&#174, may offer some incremental information to aid the selection of HE candidates over and above that provided by performance at both GCSE and A level, and there is some evidence that SAT&#174, score may be a more important predictor for students in schools which do less well at GCSE.

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