Friday, November 11, 2011

SAT Wars: EXPOSING NEW EVIDENCE OF FLAWS IN STANDARDIZED TESTS

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SAT Wars: EXPOSING NEW EVIDENCE OF FLAWS IN STANDARDIZED TESTS

SAT WARS: EXPOSING NEW EVIDENCE OF FLAWS IN STANDARDIZED TESTS SOURCE:WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY |HTTP://BIT.LY/VFKJ4O

Newswise — (Winston-Salem, N.C. – November 3, 2011) – In a revealing look at high-stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far-reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

Wake Forest University Professor of Sociology Joseph Soares

Wake Forest University Professor of Sociology Joseph Soares Wake Forest University photographer, Ken Bennett >>

Edited by Wake Forest University Professor of Sociology Joseph Soares, the book presents:

  • New evidence of gender bias against women in the math section and racial biases against minorities built into the verbal section of the SAT;
  • The only institutional admissions validity study ever published by a top-tier private research university, Johns Hopkins University;
  • The only data ever published showing that test-optional and "don't ask, don't tell" test score practice