Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions (Hardcover)

The Emergence of Standardized Testing and the Rise of Test-Optional Admissions Practices
1. Eight Myths about Standardized Admissions Testing
2. The Core Case for Testing
3. Grade Inflation and the Role of Standardized Testing
4. Merit and Scholarships in Providing Assistance to Students and the Role of Standardized Tests
5. When HSGPA and Test Scores Disagree
6. The Rise of Test-Optional Admissions Practices
7. Going Test-Optional
8. Test Scores and High School Grades as Predictors
Comment to Test Scores and High School Grades as Predictors
9. How Do Percent Plans and Other Test-Optional Admissions Programs Affect the Academic Performance and Diversity of the Entering Class?
10. The Test-Optional Movement at America's Selective Liberal Arts Colleges
11. The Effect of Going Test-optional on Diversity and Admissions, by Kyle Sweitzer
The Future of College Admissions
List of Contributors
Index