The Predictive Power of Ninth-Grade GPA

by Lauren Sartain, Esperanza Johnson, John Q. Easton

As parents and teachers know, and research has demonstrated, ninth grade is a critical year for students. It is when students' high school habits and mindsets are formed and their ninth- through twelfth-grade trajectory begins to take shape. This study provides evidence that students' course performance in ninth grade is strongly related to grades later in high school, as well as the likelihood that they graduate from high school and pursue post-secondary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997507330
• ISBN13: 9780997507331
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Consortium on Chicago School Research
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"