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Direct linkBastedo, Michael N.; Glasener, Kristen M.; Deane, K. C.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – Educational Policy, 2022
Although it is well established that college entrance exams have become a key factor for admission to selective institutions, less is known about the influence of test scores in relation to other academic factors in the evaluation of a student's application file. This study conducts a randomized-controlled trial to determine whether providing…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Low Income Students, College Applicants, College Admission
Bastedo, Michael N.; Glasener, Kristen M.; Deane, K. C.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Although it is well established that college entrance exams have become a key factor for admission to selective institutions, less is known about the influence of test scores in relation to other academic factors in the evaluation of a student's application file. This study conducts a randomized-controlled trial to determine whether providing…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Low Income Students, College Applicants, College Admission
Warren, James – American Secondary Education, 2013
Recent research on the college application essay has shown that essay prompts are misleading, and that the expectations of admissions officers remain largely implicit. These studies have not, however, examined how essays written by low-income, ethnic minority students are scored by admissions officers. For this study, forty-two seniors at a…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Admission, Essays, Urban Schools
