ERIC Number: EJ216428
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Publication Date: 1980-Feb
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The Tests and the "Brightest." How Fair Are the College Boards?
Fallows, James
Atlantic, v245 n2 p37-48 Feb 1980
The role of standardized tests in American education is being challenged as many feel that they are unfair and actually reinforce and legitimize existing inequalities. The Educational Testing Service, the SAT, meritocracy, test coaching, and economic bias are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Family Income, Higher Education, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Minority Groups, Pretesting, Social Class, Social Discrimination, Standardized Tests, Test Bias, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Wiseness, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)
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