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Direct linkSamuelsson, Johan – Education 3-13, 2023
Historically, the Swedish school system has been designed to level out differences between pupils. There has also been scepticism about assessing pupils. However, new school reforms in Sweden centre on performance and tests. This article focuses on pupils (year 6) in Swedish elite schools and their perceptions of assessment. The pupils are in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schools, High Achievement, Social Class
de Visser, Marieke; Fluit, Cornelia; Fransen, Jaap; Latijnhouwers, Mieke; Cohen-Schotanus, Janke; Laan, Roland – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2017
In the Netherlands, students are admitted to medical school through (1) selection, (2) direct access by high pre-university Grade Point Average (pu-GPA), (3) lottery after being rejected in the selection procedure, or (4) lottery. At Radboud University Medical Center, 2010 was the first year we selected applicants. We designed a procedure based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Schools, College Admission, Selective Admission
Download full textUnterman, Rebecca – MDRC, 2017
Success Academy is a rapidly expanding charter school network in New York City, with schools located in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. In the 2016-2017 school year, Success Academy served roughly 14,000 students across 41 elementary, middle, and high schools, which at the time was about 13 percent of the students attending charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Urban Schools, Success, Academic Achievement
Neild, Ruth Curran,; Boccanfuso, Christopher; Byrnes, Vaughan – Career and Technical Education Research, 2015
This study presents findings from three cohorts of students--the classes of 2003, 2004, and 2005, in the School District of Philadelphia--that were admitted to the district's career and technical education (CTE) schools through a randomized lottery process. This study takes advantage of this so-called "'natural experiment' to compare high…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Schools, School Districts, Cohort Analysis
Peer reviewedThomas, Jeannie Gouras; And Others – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1977
Multiple cutoff scores are recommended as an alternative to multiple regression for predicting future performance of individuals from educational tests. Tables of the type proposed by Taylor and Russell are provided for evaluating the effects of using this procedure. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Cutting Scores, Multiple Regression Analysis, Tables (Data)
Lammers, Bernard J. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Choice, Competitive Selection
McKay, Maria; Rock, Daphne – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
Two classroom teachers take a critical look at what the double exam system means for the children they teach. (Editor)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Competitive Selection, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedKuentz, Pierre – Langue Francaise, 1972
Special issue devoted to linguistics in teacher preparation and higher education. Discussion based on the yearly reports concerning analysis of the grammatical explanations required in the competitive examinations for teaching positions. (VM)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Competitive Selection, Evaluation Criteria, French
NICHOLS, ROBERT C. – 1965
SCALES FOR PREDICTING 1ST-YEAR COLLEGE GRADES AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENT WERE DEVELOPED BY ITEM ANALYSIS FROM EACH OF FOUR ITEM POOLS--THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY (CPI), THE VOCATIONAL PREFERENCE INVENTORY (VPI), AN ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST (ACL), AND AN EXPERIMENTAL OBJECTIVE BEHAVIOR INVENTORY (OBI)--USING A SAMPLE OF 1,013 NATIONAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Bibliographies, College Entrance Examinations
Hudson, Randolph – ADE Bulletin, 1969
Arguments are set forth to encourage continued use of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as supplementary information rather than as an exclusive criterion for selecting graduate candidates in English. The author predicts that the GRE will be increasingly used and will increasingly come to define and control undergraduate and graduate…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Competitive Selection, Educational Testing
Rayack, Elton – 1975
To examine the hypothesis that occupational licensure is primarily a restrictive device to protect those licensed from competition, analysis focused on the licensure of non-professional occupations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, covering 36 licenses issued by the three states for 12 occupations (e.g. electricians, barbers,…
Descriptors: Certification, Competitive Selection, Credentials, Economic Research
Miller, C. M. L.; Parlett, M. – 1974
Evaluation plays an important role in the academic career of students and instructors. It is a concept that is repeated throughout the academic year and one that determines future roles and placement of students. This report is a summary of the findings of the first two years of a five-year research study of evaluation conducted at Edinburgh…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Competitive Selection, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic)
Alley, William E.; Gibson, Terry A. – 1977
Research was conducted to improve applicant selection procedures in the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) scholarship program. The objectives were to document predictive relationships, if any, between student aptitude measures, academic major, institutional selectivity, and eventual completion of the scholarship program. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, College Students
