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The Scandal of Standardized Tests

Why We Need to Drop the SAT and ACT

Edited by: Joseph A. Soares

Publication Date: April 17, 2020

Pages: 224

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Description+

This update to SAT Wars provides new evidence in the case against standardized college entry tests, including the experiences of test-optional colleges. The Scandal of Standardized Tests sheds significant light on key problems such as: Are the tests stronger proxies for race and family income today than they were 20 years ago? Does going test-optional promote racial and economic diversity? Are there any differences in academic records between students admitted without test scores and those with them? How does testing figure into race-sensitive admissions legal controversies? Why is the College Board’s “environmental dashboard” inadequate as a way to create a fair playing field? How are the odds of attending and graduating from college stacked against low-income youths and racial minorities? What does the FBI Varsity Blues sting tell us about college admissions in America?

Book Features:

  • Provides 25 years of data on California showing how the correlation of test scores with race has grown over time while their predictive powers have declined.
  • Shows how the disparate results of SAT/ACT scores by race provide grounds for a constitutional challenge to the use of those tests.
  • Provides an overview of our current national situation regarding college applications, attendance, and graduation rates according to family income and college major.
  • Offers a devastating critique of the College Board’s “adversity index.”
  • Includes a national balance sheet on the experiences of test-optional colleges.

Author+

Joseph A. Soares is chair and professor of sociology at Wake Forest University.

Reviews+

"Yet again, Joseph Soares and his contributors convincingly argue against mandatory standardized testing practices. This is a must-read for anyone working in the higher education field."
—Ibram X. Kendi, executive director, The Antiracist Research and Policy Center, American University

“The authors deliver a mighty blow to the standing of standardized testing. If Soares and his colleagues are not able to kill the beast, they may convince more admissions officers to go test-optional. This would represent a meaningful step toward equalizing access to higher education.
—Amy J. Binder, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, University of California San Diego

Contents+

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

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