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| NASSP Bulletin | 3 |
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Peer reviewedNewcomer, Elva K. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Because of increasing variety in the high school curriculum, rank in class has become meaningless; the author feels that student's grade point average is a truer predictor of college success. (SP)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Counselor Attitudes, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic)
Peer reviewedCavalier, James E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Various reasons are given for the unrealiability of class rank as an indicator of academic success; author is head of a small private college-preparatory school. (SP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Class Rank, College Admission
Peer reviewedLoeb, Jane – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
A review of the literature makes it clear that high school record has been and is a valid and possibly even an increasingly important predictor of college work. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, College Bound Students, Grade Point Average
