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Predicting College Grades Using Act Data
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In this article, the authors used ACT scores, high school grades, and locally collected scores as predictors of grades in specific college courses as well as of overall college grade point average (GPA).Abstract:
ACT Research Services: The American College Testing Program offers several research services at no cost to member colleges and universities. This study is based upon results from one of the two prediction services.1 In the Standard (Plan A) Research Service, ACT scores, high school grades, and, optionally, locally collected scores are studied as predictors of grades in specific college courses as well as of overall college grade point average (GPA). Collegesread more
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Individual differences in framing and conjunction effects
TL;DR: In this article, individual differences on a variety of framing and conjunction problems were examined in light of Slovic and Tversky's understanding/acceptance principle, that more reflective and skilled reasoners are more likely to affirm the axioms that define normative reasoning and to endorse the task construals of informed experts.
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Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a simple and low-cost change in the way colleges use the ACT exam in their admission decisions that can greatly increase their ability to identify students at a high risk of underperforming and dropping out.
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Do College Entrance Examination Scores Predict Undergraduate GPAs? A Tale of Two Universities
Chong-En Bai,Wei Chi,Xiaoye Qian +2 more
TL;DR: It is found that, for both universities the CEE total score predicts undergraduate GPAs for all four years in college, and even the size of the estimates for CEE is similar for the two universities.
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Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam. NBER Working Paper No. 17119.
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Do College Entrance Examination Scores Predict Undergraduate GPAs? A Tale of Two Universities
Chong-En Bai,Wei Chi,Xiaoye Qian +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Wang et al. determined whether and how well the National College Entrance Examination (CEE) score predicts college academic success and also considered high school achievement and admission route in predicting college grades.