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Lathrop, Robert – 1980
This report stems from the misunderstanding of what general standardized tests and standardized admission tests can and were designed to do, and an uneasiness with certain discoveries concerning biases in the tests. Important issues such as margin of error, predictive value, social and racial bias, and the effects of coaching are the very issues…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Disclosure, Error of Measurement, Higher Education
