The Research Report Series is an online resource for white papers published by GMAC staff and Management Education Research Institute (MERInstitute) awardees. Papers focus on topics and trends of interest to the graduate management education community.

Report topics include GMAT validity studies, education program studies, studies related to students and alumni, population-specific studies, and studies related to high-stakes testing innovations and practices.

Our 2009 Research Reports

• New! A Review of the Curricula of 135 European Pre-Experience Master Degree Programmes
• Assessing the Reliability of GMAT® Analytical Writing Assessment
• Fairness of Automated Essay Scoring of GMAT AWA
• New! Gradual Maximum Information Ratio Approach to Item Selection in Computerized Adaptive Testing
• Guess What? Score Differences with Rapid Replies versus Omissions on a Computerized Adaptive Test
• New! Improving Communication and Leadership Skills: The Impact of Extracurricular Activities on MBA Students
• Scaling Item Difficulty Estimates from Nonequivalent Groups
• When Are Grades No Longer Valid? A Look at the Effect of Time on Usefulness of Previous Grades

Previous Reports

For a complete listing of all research reports released by GMAC, visit the
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