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Some educators trying to shift focus on students by dumping SAT.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; For 75 years, the SAT exam has been pivotal in the lives of college-bound students and their parents. For most, it is a statement on how smart they are and a ticket to a degree from a four-year university. But some of the nation's top educators are questioning whether the SAT deserves its vaunted
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News and Views: Blacks Show Slight Gains on the SAT II Test
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; News and Views: Blacks Show Slight Gains on the SAT II Test Each year more than 1.1 million high school students take the basic Scholastic ...
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Does the SAT level the playing field or unfairly create a meritocracy?
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... president, faculty and alumni pay attention to how SAT scores affect their standing in college rankings, like those published by U.S. News & World Report. The stakes are so high that nobody is surprised when The Wall Street Journal reports that some universities manipulate ...
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SAT: the SAT got him into Harvard from a small Iowa town. But now, Charles Murray wants to abolish the test. It's unnecessary and, worse, a negative force in American life.(scholastic aptitude test)
The American (Washington, DC)
; ... measured g much better than the SAT used for the UC study, then I hope some disaffected College Board psychometrician leaks that news immediately. I will thereupon join a crusade to restore the old SAT. But given the available information, I think it is probable ...
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Different tests, same flaws: Examining the SAT I, SAT II, and ACT
Journal of College Admission
; Spurred in part by University of California (UC) President Richard Atkinson's February 2001 proposal to drop the SAT I for UC applicants, more attention is being paid to other tests such as the SAT II and ACT Proponents of these alternative exams argue that the SAT I is primarily an aptitude test
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Study says SAT II better predictor of college student achievement.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; OAKLAND, Calif. _ The SAT I, a test that has long wracked the nerves of high school students, doesn't predict freshmen grades as well as the lesser known SAT II achievement tests, according to a University of California study released Thursday. The findings support University of California
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Redundancy testing - Charles Murray, erstwhile champion of the SAT, has changed his mind about the test - and says it's time to scrap it [Corrected 08/13/07]
The Boston Globe
; CRITICAL FACULTIES| Charles Murray has turned against the SAT. Yes, that Charles Murray. The author of the controversial 1994 book ''The Bell Curve'' and champion of IQ tests might be the last person in the world you'd expect to object to a test that boils academic aptitude down to a couple of
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News and Views: The Shrinking Black-White Gap on SAT II Achievement Tests
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; The University of California requires all prospective students to take three SAT II tests in addition to the standard Scholastic Assessment Test. These one-hour, subject-specific tests formerly known as Achievement Tests are taken ordinarily only by high-achieving high school students. The
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News and Views: Black-White Scoring Gap Widens on the SAT II Test
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; News and Views: Black-White Scoring Gap Widens on the SAT II Test Each year more than 1.2 million high school students take the basic ...
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SAT, ACT exams will be revised to please UC
Daily Breeze
; SAT, ACT exams will be revised to please UC OVERHAUL: Makers of college entrance tests would rather switch formats than fight demands for change. Makers of the SAT and the ACTcollege admissions tests would rather switch formats than fight the University of California's demands for change. Ina move
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