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Dinkelman, Todd D. – 1990
Education reformers have been concerned that U.S. schools are not helping to develop in their students critical thinking or reasonable, reflective thinking about what to do or believe. Because of the significant role standardized tests play in measuring student progress, and the way in which they may influence the content and dissemination of what…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Content Validity, Critical Thinking
Jackson, Rex – 1976
Data are presented concerning the numbers of students taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and their mean scores for the period 1959 through l976. The implications of these results in relation to changes in the candidate group…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Problems
