ERIC Number: ED285482
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Mar-16
Pages: 117
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Standardized Tests Used for Higher Education Admission and Placement in California during 1986. The Second in a Series of Annual Reports Published in Accordance with Senate Bill 1758 (Chapter 1505, Statutes of 1984). Commission Report 87-13.
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento.
A report on tests used by California undergraduate institutions and by graduate and professional schools is presented by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Information is provided on five tests used by undergraduate colleges: the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, College Board Achievement Tests, the American College Test, and the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Also covered are four tests used by graduate and professional schools: the Graduate Record Examinations, the Graduate Management Admission Test, the Law School Admission Test, and the Medical College Admission Test. In addition to describing the tests, information is included on: mean scores by ethnicity and sex, percentages of examinees achieving scaled score levels, and percentile rank ranges by subject area tested. For each test, information is provided by the testing agency on: the beginning and ending dates of the testing year, total times the test was taken during the testing year, and direct expenses for the testing program categorized by type of expense. The text of California Senate Bill 1758 concerning postsecondary education and standardized tests is appended. (SW)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Testing, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Law Schools, Medical Schools, Professional Education, Scores, Standardized Tests, Student Placement, Testing Programs, Undergraduate Students
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, 1020 12th Street, 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814-3985.
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento.
Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: College Board Achievement Tests; Graduate Management Admission Test; Graduate Record Examinations; Law School Admission Test; Medical College Admission Test; Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test; SAT (College Admission Test); Test of English as a Foreign Language
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