Good research on college completion

As it turns out, socioeconomic status is as important as test scores in determining whether or not a student will finish college.

"One striking result of this study is illustrated in the graph below: a student’s socioeconomic status (SES, a measure that combines family income, parental education and occupation) was about as good a predictor of whether he or she would get a college degree as the student’s test scores."

From the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families STAFF REPORT:
Barriers to Higher Education. http://bit.ly/WLjtC