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The Educational Testing Act of 1981. Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education and the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session (July 21, 22, November 4, 5, 1981) on H.R. 1662: To Require Certain Information Be Provided to Individuals Who Take Standardized Educational Admissions Tests, and for Other Purposes.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
The hearings on a House bill to require that certain test information be disclosed to individuals who take standardized educational admissions tests are presented. The text of H.R. 1662 is given, which specifies the information to be provided to individuals and postsecondary institutions; regulates the reports and statistical data to be required;…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Disclosure
[Testimony before the National Governor's Association Task Force on College Quality (Washington, D.C., February 22, 1986).]
Hanford, George H. – 1986
Assessment of undergraduate student learning is discussed by a representative of the College Entrance Examination Board in testimony to the National Governors' Association. Governors are advised to avoid externally-mandated assessment requirements on colleges, since there is no single instrument available to effectively assess academic achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
The Role of Testing in the Process of College Admissions and Student Guidance and Placement. Testimony to the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (Public Hearing, Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 1982).
Kean, Michael – 1982
The usefulness of tests for college admissions decisions, guidance, and student placement is discussed by a representative of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Since high school curricula often vary among schools in both content and quality, standardized test scores provide a common measure of applicant performace and indicate a grasp of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Aptitude Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Searching for the Truth about "Truth in Testing" Legislation. A Background Report. Report No. 132.
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Brown, Rexford; McClung, Merle Steven – 1980
The background out of which "truth in testing" legislation arose is reviewed in this report, which also describes existing state and federal testing legislation, details arguments raised in hearings on the legislation, analyzes the legal issues raised, and provides a framework for simplifying the arguments and gathering more information.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Disclosure, Educational Testing
Implication of the OCR Guidelines for the Use of Tests and Other Information in the Student Selection Process.
Kapes, Jerome T.; Greenwood, Katy L. – 1980
The OCR Guidelines (Vocational Education Programs Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Service on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex and Handicap) are not the result of new legislation, but are new regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Counselor Role, Disabilities
Standardized Tests Used for Higher Education Admission and Placement in California. A Report Published in Accordance with Senate Bill 1758 (Chapter 1505, Statutes of 1984). Commission Report 86-7.
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California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1986
Information is presented on standardized tests used at California undergraduate and graduate/professional schools for admission and placement purposes. The following four tests used at the undergraduate level are described: the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the Scholastic Aptitude and College…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Costs
College Admissions and the Transition to Postsecondary Education. Testimony to the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (Public Hearing, Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 1982).
Vaccaro, John – 1982
Developments relating to college admission standards, the quality of high school curricula, and academic achievement are discussed by a representative of the College Board. Attention is directed to College Board data on the following issues: the decline on verbal and mathematics Scholastic Aptitude Test scores; trends in the number of years that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Acceleration (Education)
Standardized Tests Used for Higher Education Admission and Placement in California during 1987. The Third in a Series of Annual Reports Published in Accordance with Senate Bill 1758 (Chapter 1505, Statutes of 1984). Report 88-14.
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California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
Brief summaries are provided for each of the standardized tests used in California for college admissions and placement, in accordance with the law requiring the filing of financial disclosure and test materials and data for any tests administered to as many as 3,000 persons in the State. The summaries provide narrative and tabulated data…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Aptitude Tests, Asian Americans, Black Students