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Weighting for Recognition: Accounting for Advanced Placement and Honors Courses when Calculating High School Grade Point Average
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Sadler, Philip M.; Tai, Robert H. – NASSP Bulletin, 2007
Honors and advanced placement (AP) courses are commonly viewed as more demanding than standard high school offerings. Schools employ a range of methods to account for such differences when calculating grade point average and the associated rank in class for graduating students. In turn, these statistics have a sizeable impact on college admission…
Descriptors: High Schools, Science Curriculum, Honors Curriculum, Grading
Higher Standards, New Incentives: Justice for Valedictorians.
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Doggett, Maran – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Valedictorians are not always the most accomplished students because some academically gifted youth take easy courses to maintain their grade point averages, although others risk their grades by taking more challenging classes. To address this problem, Bear Creek High School (Jefferson County, Colorado) created higher academic standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Rank, Grade Point Average, Incentives
An Alternative to Exact Rank-in-Class
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Loar, Robert L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Class Rank, Educational Philosophy, Grading
More Informative than Rank-in-Class
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Stephens, John – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
The University School of Milwaukee eliminated class rank and substituted a bar graph system, illustrated and explained in the article. (SP)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adoption (Ideas), Class Rank, College Admission
Solving G.P.A. and Class Rank Problems.
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Gilman, David A.; Swan, Edward – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
While grade point averages and class rank are firmly entrenched in our educational system, they are not particularly reliable or valid indicators of student achievement. Introducing weighted grades creates additional problems. If schools were to eliminate this system, some motivation for grades and easy coursework would disappear. Includes four…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Grade Point Average, High Schools, Honors Curriculum
Survey Results Reported--Valedictorians: Profiles of Excellence.
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Wortham, Offie C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Presents survey results of a study to determine if valedictorians differ from other superior students regarding background, homelife, hobbies, and future aspirations. Valedictorians surveyed were highly competitive and self-disciplined, driven by inner goals, participated in numerous hobbies and extracurricular activites, and had well-educated…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Family Characteristics, Hobbies, Role Models
The Facts in the Case: What Colleges Do and Think about Rank-in-Class
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Seyfert, Warren C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Results of a national survey on collegiate use of class rank have been analyzed in terms of the chief characteristics that are associated with differences in a college's practice: 1) public or private support, 2) two- or four-year institutions, 3) size of enrollment, 4) section of country; tables and commentary explain the findings. (Editor)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission
Compared to What? A Negative View of Class Rank
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Cavalier, James E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Various reasons are given for the unrealiability of class rank as an indicator of academic success; author is head of a small private college-preparatory school. (SP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Class Rank, College Admission
Guidelines for Working with Grade Point Average and Rank-in-Class
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NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Answers to the major issues that confront secondary schools and colleges in making decisions about the use or non-use of grade point average and rank-in-class as features of the college application/admissions process. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Class Rank, Credit Courses, Grade Point Average
The Facts in the Case: What Secondary Schools Do and Think about Rank-in-Class
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Seyfert, Warren C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Results of a study involving over 800 secondary schools; data presented in tables. (SP)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Class Rank, College School Cooperation, Grade Point Average
Issues and Recommendations for Working with Grade Point Average and Rank-in-Class.
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NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Presents a new edition (moderately revised in response to survey results) of the guidelines prepared by the National Association of Secondary School Principals' School-College Relations Committee to help secondary schools cope with issues generated by college use of class rankings and grade point averages when evaluating candidates for admission.…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, Grade Point Average, Guidelines
One District's Efforts to Eliminate Rank-in-Class
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Zanden, Joseph P. Vander – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Board of Education Policy, Class Rank
Considerations in Calculating High School GPA and Rank-in-Class.
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Siegel, Judith; Anderson, Carolyn S. – NASSP Bulletin, 1991
Explores one school district's reconsideration of a revised grading policy assigning differential point values to letter grades earned, based on course difficulty. A grading system called "Windows" was designed to preserve the advantages of a pass/fail system. Transcript analyses disclosed unpredictable shifts in class rank, penalties for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Rank, College Admission, College Bound Students