ERIC Number: EJ1031791
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 22
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School Grades, School Context and University Degree Performance: Evidence from an Elite Scottish Institution
Lasselle, Laurence; McDougall-Bagnall, Jonathan; Smith, Ian
Oxford Review of Education, v40 n3 p293-314 2014
This paper investigates degree classification outcomes for students with SQA Higher qualifications at an elite Scottish university. Students are characterised according to a new indicator based on their secondary school's academic performance relative to the national (Scottish) average. The results show that our school context indicator provides valuable information for interpreting school qualifications with respect to a student's potential to benefit from their university studies. If school context is ignored, raw school grades alone may be an incomplete measure of academic ability and the probability of success at university.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Universities, Regression (Statistics), Educational Attainment, Academic Degrees, Academic Ability, Success, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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