Some colleges no longer require the SAT I or the ACT tests, instead basing their admissions on other factors, such as high school GPA. A large reason that they have done this is that they have found a low correlation between the scores on the tests and the students' freshman year GPA. In other words, they were concerned that college entrance exams lacked which type of validity?
a) face validity
b) criterion validity
c) discriminant validity
d) content validity

b) criterion validity  

Explanation:

Criterion validity: In research methods & statistics, the term "criterion validity" is also referred as "concrete validity" and is described as the degree to which a particular measure is associated with a particular outcome. There are mainly two distinct types of criterion validity including predictive as well as concurrent validity.

Criterion validity is being helpful for the tests or study that measures behavior in any given scenario.

In the question above, the given statement signifies the "criterion validity".

answer; i believe its called ; checks   and balances;

answer; the trial de novo