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Raw grades are notorious for being subject to grade inflation and otherwise depending on the specific high school.
You'd think that, but when it's actually put to the test, they're found to be a much better predictor of academic ability than standardized methods. Grade inflation and the vagaries of the schools apparently all come out in the wash.
They're still subject to Goodhart's law.
Also, how were those tests measuring academic ability.