* The new longer-format National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT) introduced this year is likely to be the most reliable indicator yet of students’ academic performance, new research has found.
The research by the National Foundation for Educational Research found a link between the test and academic achievement, that became stronger the longer the test lasted.
Students are presently awaiting their results for the test, used by universities to identify the brightest students and widen participation in law studies.
It was modified last year for the 2011 academic year, when the number of questions was increased by 40 per cent.
Researchers from the Foundation measured results against university academic achievement over three years for 4,226 students in eight different universities.
Tom Benton, senior statistician for…