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ERIC Number: EJ416951
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0010-0889
Do Admissions Officers Fail the SAT? Testing: Two Views.
Bracey, Gerald W.; Blackburn, James C.
College and University, v66 n1 p15-20 Fall 1990
Two differing opinions about the value of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in college admissions address these topics: over-reliance on the test as a predictor of student success; omission of some students' scores from institutional profiles; effects of abolition of the test; and admissions officer understanding of psychometrics. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Admissions Officers, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Predictive Validity, Standardized Tests, Test Use
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Scholastic Aptitude Test