Jörg R. Sparfeldt, Susanne R. Buch, Detlef H. Rost, Grit Lehmann:
Akkuratesse selbstberichteter Zensuren
The Accuracy of Self-Reported Grades in School

2008, 68-75

Summary: In educational research, self-reported grades are often used as indicators of actual grades, although this practice is frequently criticized. Therefore, we compared self-reported grades in eleven school-subjects with those from the last report card in a sample of N = 540 students (class level: 10). The correlations of self-reported and actual grades were very high (r ≥ .90), slightly lower -correlation coefficients in few subjects were mainly due to smaller variances. Mean differences indicated a small overestimation of self-reported grades (d ≤ 0.18). Students with lower achievements overestimated their grades more than students with higher achievements (h2 ≤ .09). This overestimation did not correlate substantially and consistently with conscientiousness, the importance of good grades, academic self-concept, and academic cheating. In terms of validity, the correlations of self-reported grades with these variables did not differ substantially from correlations of actual grades with these variables. These results support the practice of using self-reported grades for research purposes.

Keywords: Grades, self-report, accuracy, high-school students

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