Prediction of post-freshman year dental student performance.

The orientation of the remedial education program was changed as a result of this study. By using freshman achievement to aid in prediction of later performance it was found that inefficient students could be identified much earlier with reliable accuracy (R equal to 0.9). Although the computer program did not produce a reliable formula for the prediction of specific problem disciplines, it allowed a preventive as well as a remedial mechanism to assist the inefficient student.