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NEWS ABOUT: standardized testing

standardized testing stories: 6 news summaries

 Test-Prep Giant 
 Stanley Kaplan 
 Dead at 90 


Founder of test-prep firm challenged thinking about SAT

Aug 25, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stanley Kaplan, founder of the test-prep behemoth that bears his name, died this weekend of heart failure at age 90, the Washington Post reports. Kaplan’s company not only helped millions of students level the playing field in what he described as a “poor man’s private school” but... More »

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SAT • Washington Post • obituary • standardized testing • College Board • SAT prep • Kaplan

Another Memphis Player Accused of SAT Cheating

Dozier's initial results were invalidated

Jun 6, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another former University of Memphis player has a dodgy-looking SAT score in his past, ESPN reports. Robert Dozier was originally set to go to Georgia, until the school noticed that he’d scored a 1260 on his SAT, a score drastically better than his practice exams. The NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse... More »

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NCAA • SAT • test score • University of Georgia • Memphis Tigers • University of Memphis • Georgia Bulldogs • Derrick Rose • standardized testing • Robert Dozier

(Newser) - “What did you get on your SATs?” is now a multiple-choice question. A policy enacted last month allows students who take the test several times to pick which score they send to colleges, the Washington Post reports. But many schools aren’t thrilled with the change, and a quarter... More »

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SAT • college admissions • Stanford University • college board • standardized testing

OPINION

Teach to the Test—But Make Better Tests 

Tie reading passages in with curriculum to even playing field

Mar 23, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics worry that the current system of “fill-in-the-bubble” school testing promotes teaching to the test—but maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing if we had tests “worth teaching to,” writes Ed Hirsch Jr in the New York Times. The tests themselves are highly reliable... More »

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education • reading • teaching • No Child Left Behind • standardized testing

At More and More Colleges, SAT Is Now MIA 

Standardized test seen as poorly calibrated measure of students' abilities

Nov 24, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Colleges are fleeing the SAT, saying the standardized test is not a reliable predictor of academic success, the Boston Globe reports. But though a coalition is forming against the requirement, even doubtful admission officials see the need for a field-leveler for disparate applicants. “The SAT only measures how good... More »

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SAT • college admissions • higher education • college • standardized testing • economic disparity

 Throw Out SAT, 
 Say College Deans 

Panel recommends move away from standardized testing

Sep 22, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Colleges should make admissions decisions without requiring the SAT or ACT, says a group of deans led by Harvard's admissions chief in a yearlong study that concluded standardized tests distort students' high school experiences, exacerbate class disparities, and enrich only the billion-dollar test prep industry. Instead, say the admissions officers,... More »

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high school • SAT • college admissions • college • universities • admissions officers • ACT exam • standardized testing

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