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Download full textBryant, Debbie K. – 1997
The American College Testing (ACT) Program's Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) was chosen as Arkansas'"rising junior exam" to measure learning in the general education curriculum. A study was conducted with a group of 124 college students to determine the predictability of CAAP scores based on ACT scores and cumulative…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Correlation, Grade Point Average
Goodwin, Deborah Hayes; Holman, David M. – 2003
In an effort to hold schools accountable, Arkansas added grade inflation into the accountability system. The Arkansas Legislature mandated that the Arkansas Department of Education identify high schools with "statistically significant variance" between students' grade point averages (GPAs) and ACT performances. A grade inflation index…
Descriptors: Accountability, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic)
