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Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ)
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"...an efficient assessment tool for identifying
students having difficulty adjusting to college."
Kathleen Bieschke, Ph.D.
Test Critiques, Vol. X, 1994
This quick, convenient instrument helps determine how well a student is
handling the
demands of college. SACQ assesses overall adjustment to
college, as well as adjustment
in four specific areas:
• Academic Adjustment
• Personal-Emotional Adjustment
• Social Adjustment
• Attachment (to the institution)
Used by many universities for routine freshman screening, SACQ is a
cost-effective way to
detect problems early in the student's college
career.
And because it indicates the nature of those problems, SACQ
provides clear guidelines for subsequent intervention. It is
particularly useful in identifying potential dropouts.
This 67-item, self-report questionnaire can be administered to
individuals or
groups in just
15 to 20 minutes. It can even be mailed to
students, self-administered at home, and then returned for scoring. The
convenient
AutoScoreTM Test Form simplifies scoring and profiling
results.
If you are testing large groups of students, you may prefer computer
scoring and interpretation.
You can use WPS TEST REPORT prepaid Mail-In
Answer Sheets to get detailed interpretive reports. Norms are based on a
sample of more than 1,300 male
and female college freshmen and
stratified by semester of attendance (first
and second semesters in
college). The SACQ Manual includes an extensive list
of studies using
the test.
The questionnaire helps overcome the reluctance of many students to seek
help--90 percent
of those with low SACQ scores accept offers of a
posttest interview. The questionnaire gives
you reason for follow-up, as
well as specific topics for discussion and a clear path toward effective
intervention.
By detecting adjustment problems early, SACQ can help colleges retain
students who might otherwise drop out.
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