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ERIC Number: EJ145588
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Within-Subjects Technique for Comparing College Grading Standards: Implications in the Validity of the Evaluation of College Achievement
Goldman, Roy D.; Widawski, Mel H.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 36, 2, 381-90, Sum 76
Results support the application of adaptation level theory to college grading standards, for it was found that at the institution student fields with lower ability students as compared with those with higher ability students employed less stringent grading criteria. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average, Grading, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Standards, Units of Study
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Identifiers: Scholastic Aptitude Test