Event Title
Examining High School GPA as a Placement Measure in Community Colleges
Date of Publication
2-3-2021
Document Type
Presentation
Abstract
The current study was designed to add to the growing research on the placement methods used by community colleges to identify new-to-college students’ level for beginning courses. Recently researchers have provided support that suggests the accuracy of using high school GPA as a primary method for placement, but little research has been done to explore the equity of this measure (Belfield & Crosta, 2012; Ngo & Kwon, 2014; Scott-Clayton, 2012). Through the use of argument-based validity theory and social justice theory, this study explored the relationship between mathematics placement method (ACCUPLACER© or high school GPA) and mathematics course success across various demographic groups. This study was designed to use data gathered from MCCCD, a large urban community college system during the Spring 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters.
Keywords
High School, GPA, Community College
Persistent Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/2941
Examining High School GPA as a Placement Measure in Community Colleges
The current study was designed to add to the growing research on the placement methods used by community colleges to identify new-to-college students’ level for beginning courses. Recently researchers have provided support that suggests the accuracy of using high school GPA as a primary method for placement, but little research has been done to explore the equity of this measure (Belfield & Crosta, 2012; Ngo & Kwon, 2014; Scott-Clayton, 2012). Through the use of argument-based validity theory and social justice theory, this study explored the relationship between mathematics placement method (ACCUPLACER© or high school GPA) and mathematics course success across various demographic groups. This study was designed to use data gathered from MCCCD, a large urban community college system during the Spring 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters.