How Many of America's 18 Year Olds Could Get a Two Point Seven Grade Point Average?

Just getting a b a is far too loose a standard for doing well. How many of america's 18 year olds could get a combined s a t score of 11 80 or higher? In my two thousand eight book, real education, i used three independent methods of calculating the answer to that question. Some where between nine and 12 % of the 18 year old American population could get a score of 1180 or higher with a realistic best guess of about ten%. There is no inconsistency between cobrin's results and a 115 mean ic among white college graduates. The students who make salient points in class room discussions, who write well research term papers and whose final exams demonstrate that they understood the material