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What Does GPA in an Urban High School Actually Mean?

Authors

• • Robbie J. Steward
  • Michigan State University
• • Martin F. Hill
• • Douglas M. Neil
  • Michigan State University
• • Tiffany Pritchett
  • North Western High School, Flint, Michigan
• • Ah-Sha-Ni Wabaunsee
  • Topeka Public Schools, Topeka, Kansas

Abstract

The purpose of this researcher-school collaborative study was to examine factors which might be intervenable by urban high school counselors in assisting at-risk students. There were two primary objectives. The first was to examine the degree to which urban adolescents’ academic competence predicts cumulative GPA.

Keywords: students, success, urban, high school, teacher, perceptions, academic, performance, grade point average (GPA), regression analysis

How to Cite: Steward, R. J. , Hill, M. F. , Neil, D. M. , Pritchett, T. & Wabaunsee, A. (2008) “What Does GPA in an Urban High School Actually Mean?”, Educational Considerations. 36(1).