{"product_id":"9780807770962","title":"SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional College Admissions","description":"\u003cp\u003e“This book is an important contribution to the reassessment of the use of standardized tests in college admissions. . . . Colleges that are well-prepared for a discussion about standardized admission tests will understand how their research aligns with the information provided in this publication” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Hawkins\u003c\/strong\u003e, National Association for College Admission Counseling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can a college admissions officer safely predict about the future of a 17-year-old? Are the best and the brightest students the ones who can check off the most correct boxes on a multiple-choice exam? Or are there better ways of measuring ability and promise? In this penetrating and revealing look at high-stakes standardized admissions tests, Joseph Soares demonstrates the far-reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAT Wars presents a roadmap for rethinking college admissions that moves us past the statistically weak and socially divisive SAT\/ACT. The author advocates for evaluation tools with a greater focus on what youth actually accomplish in high school as a more reliable indicator of qualities that really matter in one’s life and to one’s ability to contribute to society. This up-to-date book features contributions by well-known experts, including a piece from Daniel Golden, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in the Wall Street Journal on admissions, and a chapter on alternative tests from Robert Sternberg, who is the world’s most-cited living authority on educational research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we continue to debate the use and misuse of standardized testing, SAT Wars will be important reading for a wide audience, including college administrators and faculty, high school guidance counselors, education journalists, and parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn authoritative combination of voices, including college presidents, admissions deans, scholars from economics, history, and sociology, and test-industry participants. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew information on the racial and gender biases built into the SAT. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe only independent case studies of the limitations of the new SAT.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA step-by-step guide on how college admissions can go test-optional. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternative tests to SAT\/ACT developed by Robert Sternberg. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Martha Allman • Richard C. Atkinson • Chang Young Chung • Christopher Cornwell • John Douglas • Thomas J. Espenshade • Saul Geiser • Daniel Golden • David Hawkins • John Latting • Charles Murray • David B. Mustard • Kevin Rask • Jay Rosner • Chole Melissa Rothstein • Robert Schaeffer • Robert J. Sternberg • Jill Tiefenthaler • Jessica Van Parys • Teresa Wonnell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph A. Soares \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107324969200,"sku":"9780807770962","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807770962_p0.jpg?v=1763739501","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807770962","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}