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Download full textJudy, Chester J. – 1975
It has generally been shown that the high school record is the best single predictor of college-level achievement, and that the most valid predictors accrue when high school record information is given more weight than selection-test scores in admissions decisions. In actual admissions practice, however, test scores are often given the most…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Data Collection
Mullis, Ina V. S. – 1990
This digest describes the organization of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and what is included in a typical NAEP assessment. The way in which the NAEP selects students for assessments and how the assessments are used are discussed. The NAEP is a congressionally mandated project of the National Center for Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Wenzel, Stacy; Nagaoka, Jenny; Morris, Loretta; Billings, Sabrina; Fendt, Carol – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2002
In March 1996, the Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) proposed to evaluate the Chicago Annenberg Challenge's (CAC) newly funded reform efforts in the Chicago public schools. The evaluation aimed to understand how schools involved in CAC efforts developed as organizations and, in turn, how these developments benefited students. The study…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Research Projects, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
