5. Conclusion
The theory of successful intelligence appears to
provide a strong theoretical basis for augmented
assessment of the skills needed for college success.
There is evidence to indicate that it has good
incremental predictive power, and serves to increase
equity. As teaching improves and college teachers
emphasize further the creative and practical skills
needed for success in school and life, the predictive
power of the test may increase. Cosmetic changes in
testing over the last century have not made great
differences to the construct validity of assessment
procedures. The theory of successful intelligence
could provide a new opportunity to increase construct
validity. We are not suggesting that this theory is unique
in providing such opportunities. But we do believe that,
given the data, its value in creating a new generation of
assessments for future use in college admissions is at
least worthy of exploration.