To Rank or Not to Rank: A Solution to the Class Rank Dilemma.

Kelleher, Paul

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Publication Date: 1982

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To Rank or Not to Rank: A Solution to the Class Rank Dilemma.

Kelleher, Paul

College Board Review, n124 p16-18,30 Sum 1982

As a result of faculty discussion and study in 1977, Scarsdale High School discontinued the practice of reporting numerical class rank to colleges, and began to report rank by decile. The practice of reporting rank-in-class information to colleges was abolished after a survey of colleges. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, Competition, Grade Point Average, High School Seniors, High Schools, Surveys

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