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Gramling, Phil; Nelson, Major – 1983
A rationale, goals, and the procedure for instituting a quality point system to assess high school students' academic achievement in Gainesville (Georgia) High School are outlined. Hypothetical examples of converting grade point averages to quality point averages in low, average, and high difficulty courses are provided to show the impact of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Class Rank, Evaluation Methods
Download full textBlostein, Stanley; And Others – 1991
A faculty committee was commissioned at Ohio State University's College of Social Work to study that College's grading practices. In fulfilling this charge a survey of the faculty was conducted and the results presented along with a review of useful literature on grading and recommendations for change. The survey of faculty used a questionnaire…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Grade Inflation, Grading
Berkowitz, Susan G. – 1992
This study examined how secondary institutions define and implement institutional academic standards and progress requirements for federal financial aid recipients and how the federal requirements for academic progress affect the distribution of grades at these institutions. The study used a mail survey of a nationally representative sample of 200…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Adelman, Clifford – 1995
This report presents a taxonomy of precisely what is studied, where, and by whom, in universities, community colleges, and postsecondary trade schools in the United States. It is based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) and the High School and Beyond/Sophomores (HSB/So) survey of high school…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Classification, Codification, Course Selection (Students)
