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Direct linkSoares, Joseph A., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2020
This update to "SAT Wars" provides new evidence in the case against standardized college entry tests, including the experiences of test-optional colleges. "The Scandal of Standardized Tests" sheds significant light on key problems such as: (1) Are the tests stronger proxies for race and family income today than they were 20…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Culture Fair Tests, Race
Valentine, John A. – 1987
The role of the College Entrance Examination Board (College Board) in setting standards in secondary school education is traced historically. The first college entrance examinations, which became known as the College Boards) were administered in June 1901 around the country to 978 high school students. The rationale was that a set of common…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Agency Role
Hanford, George H. – 1991
The history and nature of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and issues that continue to be raised in the context of its use are discussed by a former president of the College Entrance Examination Board. This book provides insights into the changing role of college admissions testing since World War II; and considers the role of the SAT in…
Descriptors: Athletics, Books, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Trends
PDF pending restorationTexas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Policy Planning and Evaluation. – 1994
Since 1989 the Texas Education Agency has reported selected results from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Board and the American College Testing Program's original and Enhanced ACT Assessment for prior year graduating seniors. This fifth annual report presents these data for the 1991-92 graduating class. Texas statewide and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Trends, High School Graduates
Keller, Gary D., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book contains 10 papers on solutions and barriers to improving the access of Hispanic American students to higher education. Following an introductory essay on: "Advances in Assessment and the Potential for Increasing the Number of Hispanics in Higher Education" (G. D. Keller), the papers are organized into four parts. Papers in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
Breland, Hunter M.; And Others – 1987
Six university English departments collaborated in this examination of the differences between multiple-choice and essay tests in evaluating writing skills. The study also investigated ways the two tools can complement one another, ways to improve cost effectiveness of essay testing, and ways to integrate assessment and the educational process.…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Efficiency, Essay Tests, Higher Education
Download full textNational Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1977
Discussions of any test must focus on reliability, content validity, and interpretation of results. In this critique of On Further Examination--the report of the Advisory Panel on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Score Decline--the National Education Association (NEA) finds no fault with the reliability of the SAT. Its content validity, however,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Problems
