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Download full textThornton, Andrea E.; Reese, Lynda M.; Pashley, Peter J.; Dalessandro, Susan P. – 2002
This study was undertaken to evaluate the predictive validity of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) earned under accommodated testing conditions. Of special interest was the validity of scores obtained by test takers who were accommodated under nonstandard time conditions (i.e., accommodations that included extra testing time). Separate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Pashley, Peter J.; Thornton, Andrea E. – 1999
This report proposes an approach to formalize the law school admission process by first requiring law schools to delineate the characteristics they want their incoming classes to possess (e.g., types of undergraduate major, percent of in-state versus out-of-state residents, and levels of cultural diversity). These are then used as constraints on…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Diversity (Student)
