UChicago Consortium study finds high-school GPAs outweigh ACTs for college readiness

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Students’ high-school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting college graduation, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.
UChicago Consortium researchers found that the predictive power of GPAs is consistent across high schools—something that did not hold true for test scores. At many high schools, they discovered no connection between students’ ACT scores and eventual college graduation. The authors were also surprised to find that, at some high schools, students with the highest ACT scores were less likely to succeed in college.

Test scores don’t stack up to GPAs in predicting college success

This looks like one of those studies where they are just trying to prove their point to propagate a cause. GPA is very student, teacher, course selection, and school dependent. I’m not supporting ACT but GPA and ACT together give a better idea than on their own.

Actually that is exactly what the study says. Both are predictors, but GPA is a better one.