School grades tend to be more highly correlated with academic self-concept than standardized test scores¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? School grades correlate more strongly with academic self-concept than test scores, but grades are idiosyncratic to particular teachers, settings, and schools. → Herbert W. Marsh 2022

Evidence¶

Herbert W. Marsh 2022¶

Herbert W. Marsh, Reinhard Pekrun, & Oliver Lüdtke. (2022). Directional Ordering of Self-Concept, School Grades, and Standardized Tests Over Five Years: New Tripartite Models Juxtaposing Within- and Between-Person Perspectives. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09662-9

q2 · i? · associational · r2

A narrative-review assertion in the background on achievement indicators, attributed to prior studies (e.g., Marsh et al., 2014; Marsh, Hau, et al., 2005). The article explains grades are salient, easily compared among classmates, but graded on a curve within classrooms as a narrow frame of reference.

"Hence, school grades tend to be more correlated with ASCs than test scores"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Self-Concept — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

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• The student growth measure used as criterion is supported by a substantial correlation with course grades (r = .68) reported in prior work — related