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Getting to Know Your Criterion: Examining College Course Grades and GPAs over Time
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Marini, Jessica; Shaw, Emily; Young, Linda; Ewing, Maureen – College Board, 2018
This study investigated differences in college grading practices (first-year grade point average and course grades) by student and institutional characteristics and by academic discipline to inform and improve our understanding and use as among the most commonly employed criteria in validity and college readiness research. In addition, trends in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grading, College Students, Student Characteristics
The Relationship between SAT® Scores and Retention to the Fourth Year: 2006 SAT Validity Sample. Statistical Report 2011-6
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Mattern, Krista D.; Patterson, Brian F. – College Board, 2011
The College Board formed a research consortium with four-year colleges and universities to build a national higher education database with the primary goal of validating the SAT® for use in college admission. The first sample included first-time, first-year students entering college in fall 2006, with 110 institutions providing students'…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Validity
The Relationship between SAT Scores and Retention to the Third Year: 2006 Cohort. Statistical Report
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Mattern, Krista D.; Patterson, Brian F. – College Board, 2010
Results show that SAT performance is related to third year retention rates. Even after controlling for student and institutional characteristics, returners had higher SAT total scores than non-returners, and the performance gap is not due to differences in the demographic makeup of the two groups. Furthermore, while differences in retention can be…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Correlation, Academic Persistence