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Baird, Leonard L.; Holland, John L. – J Hum Resources, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aspiration, Career Choice, High School Graduates
Download full textBaird, Leonard L. – 1982
The relationship of measures of academic ability and grades with high level accomplishment was examined by extensively reviewing a wide ranging literature. This literature included studies of the highly creative, scientists and technicians, physicians, high- and middle-level managers, and high school and college students. The Terman studies of the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Biographical Inventories, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedBaird, Leonard L.; Feister, William J. – American Educational Research Journal, 1972
Faculties as a whole have preferred distribution of grades which they use whether their current classes of students are brighter or duller than previous classes. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis
Baird, Leonard L. – ACT Res Rep, 1969
Reports on two studies, one about students whose degree goals are discrepant with their ability, and another concerning students whose family income seems discrepant with their degree goals. Both subgroups were compared with students whose aspirations seemed more "appropriate. Except in the degree of nonacademic achievement, students in the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedBaird, Leonard L. – Research in Higher Education, 1984
Using College Board file information and a follow-up of 1981 high school graduates, the educational plans, educational outcomes, and other characteristics of students with different combinations of family incomes and test scores were compared in a study of the influence of those factors on educational outcomes. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, College Applicants, College Attendance
Grading Standards: The Relation of Changes in Average Student Ability to the Average Grades Awarded.
Baird, Leonard L.; Fiester, William J. – 1971
The relation of average grades awarded to the average ability of the students was studied in a large sample of colleges. The mean and standard deviation of freshman classes on an ability test, along with the mean and standard deviation of the freshman year grades obtained by classes over a five year period was available for several hundred…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Peer reviewedBaird, Leonard L. – Research in Higher Education, 1985
The relationship of measures of academic ability and grades with high level accomplishment was examined by reviewing a wide ranging literature, including studies of highly creative scientists and technicians, physicians, high- and middle-level managers, and high school and college students. Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Tests
