Admissions Testing: Recommended Uses, Validity, Differential Prediction, and Coaching.

Linn, Robert L.

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ERIC Number: EJ490298

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Admissions Testing: Recommended Uses, Validity, Differential Prediction, and Coaching.

Linn, Robert L.

Applied Measurement in Education, v3 n4 p297-318 1990

The nature of admissions tests and their intended uses are reviewed. Evidence regarding the validity of tests, their contributions to admissions decisions, the effects of coaching, and possible bias in the predictive meaning of test scores for women and minorities are discussed. (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Decision Making, Females, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Prediction, Scores, Standardized Tests, Test Bias, Test Coaching, Test Use, Test Validity

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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