If a test of academic ability given to high school students is correlated with grades during the freshman year at college, the test has
A) construct validity.
B) test-retest reliability.
C) alternate forms reliability.
D) predictive validity.

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Predictive validity refers to the extent to which a test can predict future performance or behavior. In this scenario, if the test given to high school students can predict their grades during freshman year of college, then it has predictive validity. It is not construct validity because it is not testing a theoretical concept, and it is not test-retest or alternate forms reliability because it is not measuring the consistency of the same test over time or with different versions.

If a Test of Academic Ability Given to High School