College Performance and Retention: A Meta-Analysis of the Predictive Validities of ACT® Scores, High School Grades, and SES

By Paul A. Westrick, Huy Le, S. Robbins, Justine Radunzel, Frank L. Schmidt. 2015

219 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In Applied Psychology

1. E. P. Shulman
2. Margo Gardner
3. Angela L. Duckworth
4. A. Diamond
5. M. Kraft
6. Laurence Steinberg
7. Ty W. Boyer
8. S. Pfeiffer

In Education

1. Amy S. Finn
2. Brian M. Galla
3. Angela L. Duckworth

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. E. P. Shulman
2. Angela L. Duckworth

Citations in the corpus

• Why High School Grades Are Better Predictors of On-Time College Graduation Than Are Admissions Test Scores: The Roles of Self-Regulation and Cognitive Ability (2019, background): “Most recently, the superior predictive validity of report card grades relative to ACT scores for college grades and retention was demonstrated in a meta-analysis of over 180,000 students at 50 colleges and universities (Westrick et al., 2015).”