The critics have a point: some universities get good grades because they attract the best students.
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End-of-term school records also downplay individualism: all students can get good grades as long as they try hard.
If you work hard, you get good grades, and everyone is happy.
Sadly, it's also an idea that is going out of style in a society where students expect to get good grades just for showing up, where everyone gets a ribbon no matter where they finish, and where parents scheme to get their kids into college by lobbying state legislatures to create set-asides for in-state residents at public universities.
The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) requires pupils to get good GCSE grades in English, maths, sciences, history or geography and a language.
The transfer scheme works only in some states and only for students who get good enough grades to be admitted to the brand-name university.
The report warns that graduates without work experience will struggle to get jobs no matter how good their grades.
It is hoped those who participate will gain good enough A-level grades to get into the university as undergraduates but, crucially, they are also given extra credits if they complete the summer school courses.
Funds that invest more conservatively get reverse grades: a low one in up markets and a good one in down markets.
It does not get the highest grade from any one strategy, but it gets good grades from both the Lynch and O'Neil strategies.
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