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... high school is different from the next , and grading practices could be inconsistent . Maybe a bright student has to work harder at High High School to get a 3.4 GPA than he would to get a 4.0 at Low High School in a neighboring county ...
... high school is different from the next , and grading practices could be inconsistent . Maybe a bright student has to work harder at High High School to get a 3.4 GPA than he would to get a 4.0 at Low High School in a neighboring county ...
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... high school grades ( the r value ) is .5 , while the r for the SAT verbal subtest is only .42 , and for the math subtest only .39.16 As White noted , " When the SAT and the high school grades are combined , the correlation goes up from ...
... high school grades ( the r value ) is .5 , while the r for the SAT verbal subtest is only .42 , and for the math subtest only .39.16 As White noted , " When the SAT and the high school grades are combined , the correlation goes up from ...
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... school grades ; High school grades Grading of standardized tests , 63-64 , 65 , 85-86 Multistate Bar Examination , 170– 71 normal curve of scores , 87-89 , 95 , 104 scoring errors , 13-16 , 174 scoring rules , 246 see also Reliability ...
... school grades ; High school grades Grading of standardized tests , 63-64 , 65 , 85-86 Multistate Bar Examination , 170– 71 normal curve of scores , 87-89 , 95 , 104 scoring errors , 13-16 , 174 scoring rules , 246 see also Reliability ...
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An Industry Out of Control | 43 |
False Claims of Objectivity | 62 |
Chapter 5 | 132 |
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