An Analysis of a Special Talent Examination and the Matter of Quality;

Abstract

Although there is an evaluation system, prepared by The Council of Higher Education, concerning special talent examinations, there are several differences in application. Changing grade rates, accepted in the current program, most universities' preselection systems, and some universities' enrolling all students or considering only special talent examinations are some of the basic differences. Data, gained through the analysis of the special talent examination, held at AU, a private university, reveal the matter of quality clearly. In the two dimensional matrix analysis of data in the 2015-2016 Academic Year special talent examination, it has been discovered that the results are parallel to the previous years' grades, no precautions have been taken to solve the quality matter and the same problem has been experienced in most private universities which sustain themselves with student tuitions, and have been holding ranking examinations instead of special talent examinations to fill their quota. The aim of this study is to provide the reader with numerical data for the analysis of the talent examination, in which The Council of Higher Education's evaluation system has been applied, by means of such scores of the candidates as the University Entrance Examination Grade, High School Grade Point Average, Special Talent Examination Grade, and the Placement Grade. The results show that students who do not have the competency required by the field of art and who are not able to develop desired behaviours in the field are enrolled at fine arts or art education departments.