Admission
High schools and universitys can nowadays select students for study programmes with a quota (a predetermined amount of first year students they can admit).
Selection is all about realizing the best possible match between the a student's talents and the specific requirements set by a study programme. NOA assessments are increasingly being used in these admission questions. Selection also stimulates self-selection and a conscious choice of study. By selection, prospective students have to make a more informed choice at an earlier stage of the selection process.
Relatively speaking, the Netherlands has a small amount of experience with early selection of students. It is very important that this selection is as fair and objective as possible. Psychological tests, such as cognitive ability tests, motivation tests en personality tests, are fully standardised and have a high predictive value.
