Completed: The Rainbow Project, Phase II

Principal Investigators: R.J. Sternberg and E.L. Grigorenko
Project Coordinator: Linda Jarvin
Project Director: Jonna Kwiatkowski

Description: The SAT is a good predictor of college success, but no single measure, however strong it may be, is a perfect predictor. Is it possible to devise assessments that supplement the SAT and increase prediction of academic and personal success in a college environment? In this project, we will be examining measures of successful intelligence devised by a team at the PACE Center that are appropriate for advanced high school and beginning college students. In particular, we are interested in whether our measurements of creative and practical abilities provide incremental validity above and beyond the validity of the SAT in predicting college success. The study will involve seven colleges of varying kinds in varying parts of the United States, providing a diverse sample for testing the usefulness of measures of successful intelligence in predicting college success.

Funding Agency: College Board
IRB Approval by: Submitted to Yale University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects
Funding Period: 2003 - 2004
Award Amount: $40,000