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Shuster, Kate – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
Using the nationally representative, cohort-based data of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02), this study employs multiple regression to examine the effects of exit exams on student achievement and school completion. This study finds that exit exams as a whole do not have substantial effects on student achievement in mathematics,…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Sandefur, J. T. – 1984
The implementation of uniform standards for assessing prospective teachers' competencies in basic skills prior to admission is growing rapidly. There is also a trend toward increasing the grade point average required for admission. Policies on admission to teacher education programs reflect concern about the decline in both the number and quality…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Ashburn, Elizabeth A.; Fisher, Robert L. – 1984
Participants in this conference of educators, convened to consider methods of evaluating teacher education students, focused upon the relationship between candidate quality and teacher effectiveness. Questions under consideration included: (1) pre-admission field experiences students should demonstrate; (2) optimum scores on aptitude and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade Point Average, Graduation Requirements

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