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Is Retention Related to ACT Composite Scores and College GPA?

April 26, 2017ACT college Composite GPA retention scores

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Is Retention Related to ACT Composite Scores and College GPA?

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Figure 1 summarizes information based on ACT Composite scores and college cumulative GPAs of students who returned and did not return to their home institution for a second year. Average ACT Composite scores were 1.5 scale score points higher for returners than non-returners.Similarly, the average cumulative first-year GPA for returners was 0.9 GPA units higher than for non-returners.The correlation between ACT Composite scores and first-year cumulative GPAs was 0.45 for returning students, compared to a correlation of 0.27 for non-returning students. Figure 1.

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Figure 1 summarizes information based on ACT Composite scores and college cumulative GPAs of students who returned and did not return to their home institution for a second year. Average ACT Composite scores were 1.5 scale score points higher for returners than non-returners. Similarly, the average cumulative first-year GPA for returners was 0.9 GPA units higher than for non-returners. The correlation between ACT Composite scores and first-year cumulative GPAs was 0.45 for returning students, compared to a correlation of 0.27 for non-returning students. Figure 1.