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Paul A. Westrick; Jessica P. Marini; Emily J. Shaw – College Board, 2025
This study examines the value of SAT Math scores for predicting first-year college math course performance, beyond HSGPA, and across colleges and universities of varying selectivity. Findings demonstrate that SAT Math scores are a highly useful tool for course placement, above and beyond HS grades, and that the validity of scores hold across…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Mathematics Tests, Scores, Prediction
Paul Westrick; Jessica Marini; Emily Shaw – College Board, 2025
Previous research has examined undergraduate student performance changes pre- and post-covid, overall and by institutional subgroupings. Standardized test scores tended to decline while high school and undergraduate grades increased. The current study expands upon this research by examining changes across student subgroups of interest, notably by…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Grades (Scholastic), Standardized Tests, Scores
Paul A. Westrick; Emily L. Angehr; Emily J. Shaw; Jessica P. Marini – College Board, 2024
Utilizing course grade data from 22 four-year higher education institutions, this study highlights the trends in first-year grade point average (FYGPA) between the 2017-2018 and 2021-2022 academic years, the period immediately before and after the pandemic disrupted both K12 and higher education. Results showed that while FYGPAs generally…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, College Students