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A PROPOSED TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING PREDICTION OF COLLEGE GRADES USING MORE INFORMATION FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORD 1
Author(s) -
JUDY CHESTER J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1971.tb00923.x
Subject(s) - point (geometry) , curriculum , mathematics education , computer science , index (typography) , keying , psychology , statistics , mathematics , pedagogy , telecommunications , geometry , world wide web
An attempt is made to cite some of the literature and experience which has led the author to the conclusion that there may be major payoff in a new look at the high school record as a source of information for improving the prediction of college “'success.” A brief expository description of a suggested method for handling the available information is then given. The method entails an empirical keying of selected elements of information contained on high school transcripts against a criterion of first year grade point averages in college. Increased accuracy in prediction through the use of the kind of “education index” derived should, the author believes, permit college admissions officers to identify better, potential students for whom alternative training programs should be recommended or devised. Increased accuracy should allow better decisions with respect to the appropriateness of alternative curriculums within the college or university.