For Tests that are Predictively Powerful and Without Social Prejudice

Joseph A. Soares   |    Volume Seven  |   

Joseph Soares is Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University. This article is adapted from his latest book, SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional Admissions (Teacher’s College Press, 2011) an edited volume that examines the social effects of high-stakes standardized testing. Additional contributors include Richard Atkinson, Thomas Espenshade, Daniel Golden, Charles Murray, and Robert Sternberg, among others.

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