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Direct linkMarcus, Jon – Education Next, 2021
Test-optional and test-blind admissions policies accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic would appear to imperil College Board's SAT college-entrance exam, the rival ACT, and their respective parent organizations. This state of affairs follows years of complaints that the exams favor the affluent. And, in fact, both of the notoriously secretive…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, COVID-19, Pandemics, College Admission
Download full textAtkinson, Richard C.; Geiser, Saul – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2009
Standardized testing for college admissions has grown exponentially since the first administration of the old "College Boards" in 1901. This paper surveys major developments since then: the introduction of the "Scholastic Aptitude Test" in 1926, designed to tap students' general analytic ability; E.F. Lindquist's creation of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Testing
Peer reviewedJones, Chancey O.; Valentine, John A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
To help explain the relationship between board activities and mathematics education today, the creation and evolution of the College Board are described. The development of the Advanced Placement computer science course description and examination are noted particularly. (MNS)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Science, History
Peer reviewedBraswell, James S. – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
How the College Board's Advanced Placement course description and examination were developed is described in some detail. Then the course itself is discussed, with a topic outline included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Science, Course Descriptions
