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Effects of Student Characteristics on Grades in Compulsory School
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Lekholm, Alli Klapp; Cliffordson, Christina – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
The purpose of the study was to investigate how different student characteristics such as gender influence grades. In order to answer these questions, multivariate techniques were used. The data derive from The Gothenburg Educational Longitudinal Database (GOLD), and the subjects were 99,070 ninth-grade students born in 1987. The analyses were…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Student Characteristics
Discrepancies between School Grades and Test Scores at Individual and School Level: Effects of Gender and Family Background
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Lekholm, Alli Klapp; Cliffordson, Christina – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
The purpose of the study was to use multivariate multilevel techniques to investigate whether it was possible to separate different dimensions in grades that relate to subject-matter achievement and to other factors. Data were derived from The Gothenburg Educational Longitudinal Database (GOLD), and the subjects were 99,070 ninth-grade students…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Family Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment