CPS graduates' grades are fairly consistent across high schools for students with similar test scores, challenging the myth that an A means less at lower-performing schools¶
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q2 i? Students with ACT 25+ show less than a half-point GPA difference between the district's lowest- and highest-performing schools. → Roderick 2018
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Roderick 2018¶
Roderick, M., Holsapple, M., Clark, K., & Kelley-Kemple, T. (2018). From High School to the Future: Delivering on the Dream of College Graduation. University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/high-school-future-delivering-dream-college-graduation
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Citing recent research (Allensworth & Clark, 2018), the report finds grades across CPS high schools are fairly consistent for students of similar test scores; students with ACT 18-24 show about a 0.7-point GPA difference between lowest- and highest-performing schools—less than a single letter grade.
"Students with ACT scores of 25 and higher see less than a half-point difference in GPA between the lowest- and highest-performing schools in the district."
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Related Claims¶
- Attending a selective exam-entry high school yields no significant academic benefits and lowers 11th-grade GPA relative to observationally similar peers elsewhere — related
- Students with the same HSGPA or the same ACT score graduate from college at different rates depending on which high school they attended — related
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CPS graduates' grades are fairly consistent across high schools for students with similar test scores, challenging the myth that an A means less at lower-performing schools |
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CPS graduates' grades are fairly consistent across high schools for students with similar test scores, challenging the myth that an A means less at lower-performing schools |
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