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Direct linkZwick, Rebecca; Himelfarb, Igor – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2011
Research has often found that, when high school grades and SAT scores are used to predict first-year college grade-point average (FGPA) via regression analysis, African-American and Latino students, are, on average, predicted to earn higher FGPAs than they actually do. Under various plausible models, this phenomenon can be explained in terms of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Grades (Scholastic), Error of Measurement, White Students
