Sentences with phrase «poor predictor of success»

But myriad studies conclude that standardized test scores are a poor predictor of success in college and in life.

The evidence, however, suggests that GRE and PGRE scores are poor predictors of success in graduate study in the astronomical sciences.

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An article in Nature suggests that the Graduate Record Examination is a poor predictor of graduate student success

Recommendation: Given the research indicating that the GRE and PGRE are poor predictors of graduate student success, that their use in graduate admissions has a particularly negative impact on underrepresented groups, and that they represent a financial burden for many students in pursuing advanced degrees in the astronomical sciences, the AAS recommends that graduate programs eliminate or make optional the GRE and PGRE as metrics of evaluation for graduate applicants.

For similar reasons, we completely stopped accepting SAT and ACT for admissions two years ago, after an internal study revealed standardized test scores are poor predictors of student success at Hampshire.

I have written about the voluminous evidence showing that a high school GPA is the best predictor of college success, and that the SAT and ACT, by contrast, are poor predictors.

So it's no surprise that two professors at the University of California agree that the LSAT is a poor predictor of a student's performance in law school or his or her success as an attorney, reports the The New York Times.

However, age per se is a poor predictor of later school success.