Validity of High-School Grades in Predicting Student Success beyond the Freshman Year [electronic resource] : High-School Record vs. Standardized Tests as Indicators of Four-Year College Outcomes. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.6.07 / Saul Geiser and Maria Veronica Santelices.

High-school grades are often viewed as an unreliable criterion for college admissions, owing to differences in grading standards across high schools, while standardized tests are seen as methodologically rigorous, providing a more uniform and valid yardstick for assessing student ability and achieve...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Geiser, Saul
Corporate Author:	University of California, Berkeley. Center for Studies in Higher Education
Other Authors:	Santelices, Maria Veronica
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2007.
Subjects:	Predictive Validity. Grade Point Average. College Bound Students. Undergraduate Students. Standardized Tests. Scores. Academic Achievement. College Outcomes Assessment. College Admission. Minority Groups. State Universities. Longitudinal Studies. Graduation.