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Class Rank, GPA, and Valedictorians: How High Schools Rank Students
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Lang, David M. – American Secondary Education, 2007
This paper presents survey data concerning the procedure for determining Class Rank and Valedictorian status at 232 of the 500 largest public high school districts in the United States. These data are analyzed to consider whether or not districts are currently employing methodologies that provide students with appropriate incentives and provide…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, High Schools, Class Rank, Advanced Placement
Accurate and Fair Class Ranks: One Step Closer with the Class Rank Index.
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Lang, David M. – ERS Spectrum, 1997
Describes a modified method for determining class rank that addresses many problems associated with weighted and unweighted grade-point average calculations. Under the Class Rank Index System, class rank is determined jointly by overall performance in a student's courses and by a measure of difficulty of the student's overall course load. CRI…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Educational Philosophy, Grade Point Average, High Schools