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Direct linkBriihl, Deborah S.; Wasieleski, David T. – Teaching of Psychology, 2007
The authors surveyed graduate programs to see how they use the Graduate Record Examination Analytic Writing (GRE-AW) Test. Only 35% of the graduate programs that responded use the GRE-AW test in their admission policy; of the programs not using it, most do not plan to do so. The programs using the GRE-AW rated it as medium or low in importance in…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Educational Testing, College Admission, Surveys
Peer reviewedBennett, Randy Elliot; Sebrechts, Marc M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1997
A computer-delivered problem-solving task based on cognitive research literature was developed and its validity for graduate admissions assessment was studied with 107 undergraduates. Use of the test, which asked examinees to sort word-problem stems by prototypes, was supported by the findings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedSacks, Peter – Change, 1997
Discusses the entrenched nature of standardized testing in the educational system, the anti-testing movement and its supporting evidence, shifts in policy since 1980, current trends, the investment of publishers and test-makers in standardized testing, the true costs of standardized testing, and specifically "American" characteristics of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Costs, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
