Measuring Success testing, grades, and the future of college admissions Edited by Jack Buckley Lynn Letukas Ben Wildavsky
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Course
PSY RESEARCH
Institution
PSY RESEARCH
Near the turn of the twentieth century, on December 22, 1899, representatives
of 12 universities and 3 preparatory academies met and agreed on “a plan of
examination suitable as a test for admission to college,” thus ushering in the era
of standardized admissions testing (Maryland College...
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Buckley, Jack, 1965–editor.
Title: Measuring success : testing, grades, and the f uture of college
admissions / edited by Jack Buckley, Lynn Letukas, Ben Wildavsky.
Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017035199| ISBN 9781421424965 (alk. paper : hardcover) |
ISBN 9781421424972 (electronic) | ISBN 1421424967 (alk. paper : hardcover) |
ISBN 1421424975 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Universities and colleges—United States—Entrance
examinations—Validity. | BISAC: EDUCATION / Higher. | EDUCATION /
Testing & Measurement. | STUDY AIDS / College Entrance.
Classification: LCC LB2353.2 .M43 2018 | DDC 378.1/662—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.l oc.g ov/2 017035199
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, Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Emergence of Standardized Testing
and the Rise of Test-Optional Admissions 1
Jack Buckley, Lynn Letukas, and Ben Wildavsky
pa rt i. M a king the Case for Sta nda r dized Testing
1 Eight Myths about Standardized Admissions Testing 13
Paul R. Sackett and Nathan R. Kuncel
2 The Core Case for Testing: The State of Our Research Knowledge 40
Emily J. Shaw
3 Grade Inflation and the Role of Standardized Testing 64
Michael Hurwitz and Jason Lee
4 Merit-Based Scholarships in Student Recruitment
and the Role of Standardized Tests 94
Jonathan Jacobs, Jim Brooks, and Roger J. Thompson
5 When High School Grade Point Average and Test Scores Disagree:
Implications for Test-Optional Policies 118
Edgar Sanchez and Krista Mattern
pa rt ii. The R ise of Test-O ptiona l Admissions
6 Understanding the Test-Optional Movement 145
Jerome A. Lucido
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