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Uneducated guesses : using evidence to uncover misguided education policies / Howard Wainer.
Van Pelt Library LB2353.2 .W35 2011
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wainer, Howard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Entrance examinations.
- Universities and colleges.
- United States.
- Education--Standards--United States.
- Education--Standards.
- Educational evaluation--United States.
- Educational evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- What happens if the SAT is made optional?
- Substituting achievement tests for aptitude tests
- Cut-offs for scholarships
- The aptitude-achievement function: an aid for allocating educational resources
- Comparing the incomparable
- On examinee choice in educational testing
- What if choice is part of the test?
- A little ignorance is a dangerous thing
- Assessing teachers from student scores: on the practicality of value-added models
- Shopping for colleges when what we know ain't
- Of cats and claims: the first step toward wisdom.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691149288
- 0691149283
- OCLC:
- 698360125
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