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ERIC Number: EJ471890
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Grade Adjustment Methods.
Young, John W.
Review of Educational Research, v63 n2 p151-65 Sum 1993
Research in the area of grade adjustment methods from the last 27 years is reviewed in the context of admissions selection and of prediction of student performance in college. Contemporary grade adjustment methods can often produce indexes of academic performance with greater reliability than that found with grade point average. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Students, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Predictive Validity, Reliability, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Grade Adjustment Methods
Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Assn. (15th, Hilton Head, SC, March 5-9, 1992).