The Scandal of Standardized Tests: Why We Need to Drop the SAT and ACT (Hardcover)

Contents (Tentative)

Preface
Joseph A. Soares

Introduction: "Toss That Test"
Joseph A. Soares

Part I: The case against The SAT/ACT

1.;Norm-Referenced Tests and Race-Blind Admissions:
The Case for Eliminating the SAT and ACT at the University of California
Saul Geiser

2.;Wealth's Influence on College Enrollment and Completion
Paul Fain

3.;How the SAT Creates Built-in Headwinds:
An Educational and Legal Analysis of Disparate Impact
William C. Kidder and Jay Rosner

4.;The "Landscape" or "Dashboard Adversity Index" Distraction: A Clumsy Attempt at Damage Control
Joseph A. Soares

Part II: Admissions without requiring test scores

5.;The SAT/ACT Optional Admissions Growth Surge:
More Colleges Conclude "Test Scores Do Not Equal Merit"
Robert Schaeffer

6.;Wake Forest's Ten Years of Test-Optional Admissions:
A Review of Students Who Did Not Submit Versus Those Who Did
Michael DeWitt and Philip Handwerk

7.;Defining Access: How Test-Optional Works
Steven T. Syverson, Valerie W. Franks, and William C. Hiss

Final Thoughts: The FBI Sting and Moments That Define a Profession
Jon Boekkenstedt

About the Contributors

Index