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Tiêu đề
College admissions in twenty-first-century America: The role of grades, tests, and games of chance
Tác giả
Zwick R.
Năm xuất bản
2007
Source title
Harvard Educational Review
Số trích dẫn
23
DOI
10.17763/haer.77.4.u67n84589527t80v
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
In this essay, Rebecca Zwick confronts the controversy surrounding the use of standardized tests in college admissions. She examines the degree to which the SAT and its lesser known cousin, the ACT, limit access to college, particularly for racial and ethnic minorities, and considers two alternative admissions policies that do not involve tests: class rank admissions systems and admissions lotteries. She finds that these initiatives carry their own controversies and have little impact on campus diversity. Zwick notes that some small liberal arts colleges have deemphasized tests and have achieved some success in increasing campus diversity while maintaining high academic standards, but highlights the difficulty of replicating these policies at large institutions. Her analysis sheds light on the ongoing tension between maintaining college selectivity and promoting equal opportunity.
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Nơi xuất bản
Harvard University
Hình thức xuất bản
Conference paper
Open Access
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Scopus