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Steenman, Sebastiaan C.; Bakker, Wieger E.; van Tartwijk, Jan W. F. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
The first-year grade point average (FYGPA) is the predominant measure of student success in most studies on university admission. Previous cognitive achievements measured with high school grades or standardized tests have been found to be the strongest predictors of FYGPA. For this reason, standardized tests measuring cognitive achievement are…
Descriptors: Selective Admission, Grade Point Average, College Freshmen, Grade Prediction
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Marks, Gary N. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to identify school effects on student performance for tertiary entrance in Australia, taking into account student-level predictors using longitudinal data from the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study. It finds that aspects of schooling, such as positive attitudes to school and disciplinary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Factors