An alternative to traditional GPA for evaluating student performance
Johnson, Valen E.
Statist. Sci., Tome 12 (1997) no. 1, p. 251-278 / Harvested from Project Euclid
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In response to the growing problem of grade inflation in American undergraduate institutions, alternatives to GPA and GPA-based student assessment are discussed. One alternative summary, based on a Bayesian latent trait formulation, eliminates many of the inequities associated with GPA-based measures and has been proposed as a replacement for GPA-based class ranks at Duke University.
Publié le : 1997-11-14
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     author = {Johnson, Valen E.},
     title = {An alternative to traditional GPA for evaluating student performance},
     journal = {Statist. Sci.},
     volume = {12},
     number = {1},
     year = {1997},
     pages = { 251-278},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1030037959}
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Johnson, Valen E. An alternative to traditional GPA for evaluating student performance. Statist. Sci., Tome 12 (1997) no. 1, pp.  251-278. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1030037959/