Do Admissions Officers Fail the SAT? Testing: Two Views.

Bracey, Gerald W.; Blackburn, James C.

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ERIC Number: EJ416951

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Publication Date: 1990

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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

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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