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Peer reviewedCrouse, James – Harvard Educational Review, 1985
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of high school students to calculate the actual improvement in freshman grade point average, college completion, and total years of schooling from colleges' use of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Crouse compares predictions based on high school rank to argue that the SAT's costs do not justify…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Applicants
