Jackson found that an increase in measures of students' noncognitive skills increased their likelihood of graduating from high school by 1.47 percentage points, compared to 0.12 percentage points for a similar increase in test scores.

杰克逊发现，学生非认知技能指标的提高使他们高中毕业的可能性增加了 1.47 个百分点，相比之下，考试成绩的类似增长为 0.12 个百分点。