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The first-year GPA was 2.78, a B-, for students with lower scores compared with 3.36, a B+, for those with the highest scores. Students with SAT scores below 900, however, did noticeably worse.
High school grade-point Total SAT score average of Student group of at least 1100 at least 3.5 White 25% 21% Black 3% 4% Hispanic 8% 10% Asian 28% 29% American Indian or Alaskan Native 2% 5% High ...
A new study finds high-school GPAs may be a better predictor of college performance than standardized test scores, but that doesn’t mean students can brush off the standardized test.
A major restructuring of the SAT expanded the test to four hours, in part because of the new writing section, which was intended to paint a truer picture of students' readiness for college work.
Most studies find that the correlation between SAT scores and first-year college grades is not overwhelming, and that only 10 percent to 20 percent of the variation in first-year GPA is explained ...
More students are getting A's, but SAT scores aren't keeping up 00:27. New research shows that 47 percent of high school seniors graduated last year with an "A" average -- up from about 39 percent ...
The chart, which shows national average SAT scores by income band for students in the high school class of 2013, was done by the non-profit National Center for Fair and Open Testing, known as ...
For each of the next five years, the College Board said, it will award 600 scholarships of $500 to students for building a college list, 1,500 scholarships worth $1,000 for practicing for the SAT ...
Each year, all over the United States, high school students await their number. This number can seal their future, for better or for worse. Hopeful teenagers pray their number will ...
A three-year national study of colleges that do not require applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores found only “trivial” differences in the college graduation rates or the cumulative grade ...
In preparation for applying to colleges this fall, my 17-year-old twins just took the June SAT and ACT. So, I was interested in today's release of a National Association for College Admissions ...