Abstract
For several years accounting faculty at a regional university observed that some of their students exhibited difficulty reading. This study of 235 sophomore, junior, and senior business majors enrolled in accounting classes examines the relationship between their reading abilities as measured by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and their cumulative grade point averages (GPAs). The results indicate that students who have higher levels of reading comprehension and reading vocabulary have higher cumulative GPAs. Furthermore, the results indicate that about 16 percent of the students tested could not read at the first-year college level. This paper describes the testing and recommends that students’ reading abilities be factored into the admission processes.
Recommended Citation
Pritchard, Robert E. and Romeo, George C.
(2000)
"Reading Ability as a Predictor of Student Success in Business School,"
Mid-Western Educational Researcher: Vol. 13:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/mwer/vol13/iss2/5
