{"product_id":"sat-wars-the-case-for-test-optional-admissions-paperback","title":"SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional Admissions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph A. Soares\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can a college admissions officer safely predict about the future of a 17-year-old? Are the best and the brightest students the ones who can check off the most correct boxes on a multiple-choice exam? Or are there better ways of measuring ability and promise? In this penetrating and revealing look at high-stakes standardized admissions tests, Joseph Soares demonstrates the far-reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSAT Wars\u003c\/em\u003e presents a roadmap for rethinking college admissions that moves us past the statistically weak and socially divisive SAT\/ACT. The author advocates for evaluation tools with a greater focus on what youth actually accomplish in high school as a more reliable indicator of qualities that really matter in one's life and to one's ability to contribute to society. This up-to-date book features contributions by well-known experts, including a piece from Daniel Golden, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e on admissions, and a chapter on alternative tests from Robert J. Sternberg, who is the world's most-cited living authority on educational research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we continue to debate the use and misuse of standardized testing, \u003cem\u003eSAT Wars\u003c\/em\u003e will be important reading for a wide audience, including college administrators and faculty, high school guidance counselors, education journalists, and parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e An authoritative combination of voices, including college presidents, admissions deans, scholars from economics, history, and sociology, and test-industry participants. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e New information on the racial and gender biases built into the SAT. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The only independent case studies of the limitations of the new SAT.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e A step-by-step guide on how college admissions can go test-optional. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Alternative tests to SAT\/ACT developed by Robert J. Sternberg. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: \u003cstrong\u003eMartha Allman, Richard C. Atkinson, Chang Young Chung, Christopher Cornwell, John Aubrey Douglass, Thomas J. Espenshade, Saul Geiser, Daniel Golden, David Hawkins, John Latting, Charles Murray, David B. Mustard, Kevin Rask, Jay Rosner, Chloe Melissa Rothstein, Robert Schaeffer, Robert J. Sternberg, Jill Tiefenthaler, Jessica Van Parys, and Teresa Wonnell\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJoseph A. Soares\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729698558015,"sku":"9780807752623","price":65.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d655f6bb2d7e7817ad1faf114fa7adc8.webp?v=1765123241","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sat-wars-the-case-for-test-optional-admissions-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}