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Peer reviewedJackson, Rex – Harvard Educational Review, 1980
Responding to allegations about the effect of coaching on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and its predictive validity ("Harvard Educational Review," May 1980), Jackson evaluates Slack and Porter's arguments and addresses the issues of the utility of SAT scores as admissions criteria and the alleged misrepresentation of negative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests
