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The scandal of standardized tests : why we need to drop the SAT and ACT / edited by Joseph A. Soares.
Van Pelt Library LB2353.2 .S33 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Entrance examinations.
- Universities and colleges.
- United States.
- Education--Standards--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Standards.
- Educational evaluation--United States.
- Educational evaluation.
- Prediction of scholastic success.
- SAT (Educational test).
- ACT Assessment.
- Universities and colleges--Entrance examinations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 213 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This book offers detailed empirical evidence for how standardized tests widen racial inequity in college admissions, and shows how recent attempts by the College Board to introduce an "adversity index" fall short of addressing the inequities that the SAT and ACT perpetuate. It takes a close look at the results of colleges and universities that have introduced test-optional admissions, which reveals greater diversity and better student outcomes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I The Case Against the SAT/ACT
- 1 Norm-Referenced Tests and Race-Blind Admissions: The Case for Eliminating the SAT and ACT at the University of California p. 11 / Saul Geiser
- 2 Wealth's Influence on College Enrollment and Completion p. 44 / Paul Fain
- 3 How the SAT Creates Built-in Headwinds: An Educational and Legal Analysis of Disparate Impact p. 48 / William C. Kidder and Jay Rosner
- 4 The "Landscape" or "Dashboard Adversity Index" Distraction: A Clumsy Attempt at Damage Control p. 76 / Joseph A. Soares
- Part II Admissions without Requiring Test Scores
- 5 The SAT/ACT Optional Admissions Growth Surge: More Colleges Conclude "Test Scores Do Not Equal Merit" p. 97 / Robert Schaeffer
- 6 Non-Submitter Analysis: A Review of Students Who Did Not Submit Versus Those Who Did p. 114 / Michael DeWitt and Philip Handwerk
- 7 Defining Access: How Test-Optional Works p. 127 / Steven T. Syverson and Valerie W. Franks and William C. Hiss.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: The scandal of standardized tests
- ISBN:
- 9780807763315
- 0807763314
- 9780807763322
- 0807763322
- OCLC:
- 1120150821
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