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Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2010
This study examined whether having African-American middle school students write essays affirming their personal values improved their academic performance. The study analyzed data on about 175 African-American and 190 European-American students (the study's term for white students who are non-Latino and non-Asian) at a suburban middle school who…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grade Point Average, Remedial Programs, Academic Achievement
Walsh, Patrick – Education Working Paper Archive, 2010
This paper considers whether high schools in competitive environments use grade inflation to attract and retain families, perhaps in addition to more constructive responses. Two measures of grade inflation are used: the cutoffs used by each school to assign a letter grade to a percent score; and high school GPA after controlling for test scores, a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Competition, Grade Inflation, Student Recruitment
