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Wharton, Yvonne L. – 1976
Hypotheses explaining the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score decline have been advanced in letters to the College Entrance Examination Board and to the Advisory Panel on the Scholastic Aptitude Test Score Decline, in magazine articles, and in newspaper stories. A list of these hypotheses are presented and categorized according to changes in the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Change
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1977
After two years of investigation, a panel appointed to advise the College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service on the recent change in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores concluded that the 14-year score decline is a complex phenomenon, yielding neither simple explanations nor easy solutions. As a result of looking at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Change
Winter, David G. – 1977
The Advisory Panel on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Score Decline contends that many factors have contributed to the drop in scores on the SAT and many other tests. The research evidence and theory about three social motives that could be expected to play some role in test performance and academic functioning are examined: the motives for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Affiliation Need, Attitude Change
Reed, John Shelton – 1977
Polls dealing with American public education conducted since 1936 are examined, and over 60 items were chosen to illustrate: (1) changes in public opinion since 1960 that might have altered students' evaluations of college attendance or academic excellence, and (2) changes prior to 1960 that might have affected the quality of preparation for…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Background
Glover, R. H. – 1976
The College Entrance Examination Board Advisory Panel on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Score Decline considered various changes in American society as a possible cause of the downward trend in SAT scores that has occurred each year since 1963. For a span of 42 years (1933-75), a fold-out chart displays major events and influences on events,…
Descriptors: Charts, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Economic Change
Donlon, Thomas F.; Echternacht, Gary J. – 1977
The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores of the 1960 to 1974 valedictorians and salutatorians from a sample of public, experimental, and private schools were studied. The experimental schools were specifically chosen for demographic stability. The comparison schools were also selected for stability, but by less stringent criteria. For the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
Breland, Hunter M. – 1976
The available evidence pertaining to the decline in scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing Program (ACT) is reviewed in terms of: the test, the test-taking population, the college bound population, the schools, and societal factors. The SAT score decline is described in both graphic and tabular form, and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Attendance
