In July 1967, the California State Board of Education set minimum probation standards for junior colleges, providing that (1) students having less than a 2.0 GPA (with 12 or more units attempted) will be put on academic probation, (2) all such students will receive special counseling, and (3) those failing to maintain a 1.75 GPA for three…

The article deals with the problem of why many students enrolling in correspondence study do not complete the course. In the one-semester-hour courses nearly 13% of students did not submit even one lesson. The figures for the two- and three-hour courses were both over 20%. In the four-hour courses, nearly 32% do not submit the first lesson. A…

The purpose of this study was to determine if Honors courses produce lower gradepoint averages than non-honors courses. The gradepoint averages of 230 students who enrolled in Honors courses in 1965 to 1966 were computed for both the Honors and the non-Honors courses they took. The figures were computed for courses taken at each level, i.e.,…

THE USE OF THE MULTITRACK, ACCELERATED, AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN HIGH SCHOOLS REQUIRES A CHANGE IN THE LETTER-GRADE GRADING SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS ASSIGNING ROMAN NUMERALS TO THE TITLE OF THE COURSE TO DESIGNATE COURSE CONTENT DIFFICULTY OR REQUIRED STUDENT LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE. GRADE-POINT AVERAGE WOULD BE COMPUTED BY…

Proposed here is a system which would automatically assign a proper numericl value to each grade assigned regardless of the grading practices. The inequities of both overgrading and undergrading would be virtually eliminated. (Author)

Research used meta-analysis to review a substantial subset of published research on the use of college grade point average as a predictor of adult achievement. Suggests that if a relationship does exist, it is tenuous at best. (JOW)

Despite heightened scrutiny of the use of standardized tests in college admissions, there has been little public empirical analysis of the effects of an optional SAT score submission policy on college admissions. This paper examines the results of the decision by Mount Holyoke College to make SAT scores optional in the admissions process. We find…

This article systematically reviews the available research on rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) with children and adolescents. Meta-analytic procedures were applied to 19 studies that met inclusion criteria. The overall mean weighted effect of REBT was positive and significant. Weighted z[r] effect sizes were also computed for five…

Based on the conceptual change literature, this study assessed factors influencing change in students' misconceptions about psychology. We expected students' ability and their critical thinking to predict whether they would change their misconceptions following completion of an introductory psychology course. GPA, scores on a test of critical…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between HSAP scores and various measures of classroom achievement such as overall GPA, End Of Course Scores and SAT/ACT scores of Berea High School [BHS] students in the classes of 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. Methodology: The researcher collected the following data for random samples…

This report summarizes analyses of post-secondary enrollment trends among Austin Independent School District's graduating high school Class of 2007.

Since the year 2000, Saudi universities have cancelled all admission tests and have adopted an open admission policy that depends on high school GPA only. Many high school graduates in Saudi Arabia, especially females, show a great interest in joining colleges of languages and translation and admission to those colleges has been highly…

We describe a day-long introduction to new accounting majors, which we call a boot camp. Boot camp it is an effort to make juniors more aware of their identity, career purposes and learning resources that are now parts of their world, much of which is not covered explicitly in the accounting curriculum. This paper provides an overview of the…