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Harvey, A., & Simpson, A. (2013). Powers of prediction: Can school recommendations forecast university achievement?. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 14(3), 157-171.
Harvey, Andrew, and Andrea Simpson. "Powers of prediction: Can school recommendations forecast university achievement?." Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning 14.3 (2013): 157-171.
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Powers of prediction: Can school recommendations forecast university achievement?.

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Australian universities are increasingly using secondary school recommendations to create early entry pathways, enabling a wide range of capable students to enter university irrespective of their socio-economic background. Given their expanded use, it is important to determine the predictive validity of school recommendations. Drawing on detailed findings from an alternative entry pathway programme at an Australian university, we find that school recommendation schemes produce successful students, but that the success of most …

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