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Grades--Scores--Predictions: A Study of the Efficiency of High School Grades and American College Test Scores in Predicting Academic Achievement at Montgomery College.

Gell, Robert L.; Bleil, David F. – 1971

This report analyzes the relationship between high school grades, American College Test (ACT) scores, and first-semester college grades. Based on the Standard Research Service of the ACT program, 1,379 students in the fall 1969 freshman class of Montgomery College (Maryland) were studied. Measures of academic background used ACT scores in English,…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Grade Prediction, Grades (Scholastic)

High School Courses and Scores as Predictors of College Success.

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Beecher, Mark; Fischer, Lane – Journal of College Admission, 1999

Surveys college freshmen about different types of high school coursework and their relationship to academic aptitude and college success. Possible predictors of college success considered are the number of "academic,""aesthetic," and "practical" course credits, as well as high school grade point average, American…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aesthetic Education, College Freshmen