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ACT, Inc., 2008
Postsecondary institutions often consider students' high school grades and ACT scores when making admission decisions. This issue brief summarizes ACT research on the relative weights of ACT scores and high school grades for predicting college persistence as well as selected indicators of academic success in college. (Contains 1 table and 3…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity
Thobega, Moreetsi; Miller, Greg – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2008
This descriptive-correlational study predicted performance of beginning agricultural education teachers on principles of learning and teaching (PLT) and Agriculture content (AgC) tests of the PRAXIS II examination using demographic and academic variables. Performance on the PRAXIS II was used for issuing initial teaching licenses to the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Agricultural Education, Professional Education, Grade Prediction
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Snell, Martin; Thorpe, Andy; Hoskins, Sherria; Chevalier, Arnaud – Oxford Review of Education, 2008
Applications for places in UK Higher Education are usually made before the results of A-level examinations are known, so references from schools and colleges normally refer to expected (or predicted) grades. Inaccuracies in these predictions may be systematically related to key characteristics of the applicant and could lead to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria