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ACT Academy [22] is a free online learning tool and test practice program designed to help students prepare for the ACT test. ACT Aspire [23] measures readiness in English, math, reading, science, and writing from the elementary grades through early high school (grades 3–10). Performance on ACT Aspire predicts performance for early high ...
For students that did not qualify for the regular Cal Grant A, this award is available, but not guaranteed, to all that meet the minimum eligibility requirements. The student must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and be from a low to middle income family. This award helps with tuition and fees at qualifying schools with programs of more than two years.
The time and effort required from participants may exceed what students are willing to commit to a free online course. Once the course is released, content will be reshaped and reinterpreted by the massive student body, making the course trajectory difficult for instructors to control. Participants must self-regulate and set their own goals.
Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different course levels, will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and Advanced Placement courses are: A = 5 or 4.5; B = 4 or 3.5 [5] C = 3 or 2.5; D = 2 or 1.5; F = 0 [19]
Iowa Acceleration Scale – paper-and-pencil tool designed to help educators gather relevant information and conduct a team meeting with educators, administrators, and parents to determine if grade skipping is a good match for a particular student; Early entrance to kindergarten; Social Educational Emotional Development; Early entrance to college
Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as numbers out of a possible total (often out of 100).
Based on data from the students in the UC system, the report concludes that "test scores are currently better predictors of first-year GPA than high school grade point average." [76] The report continues: scores are also good at predicting total college GPA and the possibility a student will graduate. While the "predictive power of test scores ...