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Wightman, Linda F. – 1990
This study, a partial replication of an earlier study by B. Pitcher (1977), examined the validity of using initial, most recent, highest, and average scores in decisions about repeat takers of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The study included only schools that enrolled 50 or more first-year students who had taken the LSAT on more than 1…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Law Schools

Wightman, Linda F. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1998
Women's lower scores on standardized admissions tests were examined from the perspective of consequential validity using data from the Law School Admissions Test. Data do not show that women disproportionately remove themselves from the applicant pool and do not suggest that a consequence of lower scores is application to less prestigious schools.…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Females, Higher Education
Wightman, Linda F. – 1993
This report provides information about test takers with disabilities who participated in a variety of accommodated administrations of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Results indicate the number of LSATs administered with accommodations increased 100% from 1990 to 1993. During that 4-year period, more than 2,700 LSATs were administered under…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Aptitude Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection