ERIC_NO: EJ416951
TITLE: Do Admissions Officers Fail the SAT? Testing: Two Views.
AUTHOR: Bracey, Gerald W.; Blackburn, James C.
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1990
JOURNAL_CITATION: College and University; v66 n1 p15-20 Fall 1990
ABSTRACT: Two differing opinions about the value of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in college admissions address these topics: over-reliance on the test as a predictor of student success; omission of some students' scores from institutional profiles; effects of abolition of the test; and admissions officer understanding of psychometrics. (Author/MSE)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS: Admissions Officers; College Entrance Examinations; Standardized Tests; Test Use;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Administrator Attitudes; Administrator Qualifications; Higher Education; Predictive Validity;
IDENTIFIERS: *Scholastic Aptitude Test
PUBLICATION_TYPE: 080; 142; 120
CLEARINGHOUSE_NO: HE527499
REPORT_NO: ISSN-0010-0889
AUDIENCE: Administrators; Practitioners
LANGUAGE: English