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Hardback. Etat : Good. Standardized tests have become the gateway to higher education . . . but should they be?For more than seventy-five years, standardized tests have been considered a vital tool for gauging students? readiness for college. However, few people?including students, parents, teachers, and policy makers?understand how tests like the SAT or ACT are used in admissions decisions. Once touted as the best way to compare students from diverse backgrounds, these tests are now increasingly criticized as being biased in favor of traditionally privileged groups. A small but growing number of colleges have made such testing optional for applicants.Is this the right way to go? Measuring Success investigates the research and policy implications of test-optional practices, considering both sides of the debate. Does a test-optional policy result in a more diverse student body or improve attainment and retention rates? Drawing upon the expertise of higher education researchers, admissions officers, enrollment managers, and policy professionals, this volume is among the first to investigate the research and policy implications of test-optional practices. Although the test-optional movement has received ample attention, its claims have rarely been subjected to empirical scrutiny. This volume provides a much-needed evaluation of the use and value of standardized admissions tests in an era of widespread grade inflation. It will be of great value to those seeking to strike the proper balance between uniformity and fairness in higher education. Contributors: Andrew S. Belasco, A. Emiko Blalock, William G. Bowen, Jim Brooks, Matthew M. Chingos, James C. Hearn, Michael Hurwitz, Jonathan Jacobs, Nathan R. Kuncel, Jason Lee, Jerome A. Lucido, Eric Maguire, Krista Mattern, Michael S. McPherson, Kelly O. Rosinger, Paul R. Sackett, Edgar Sanchez, Dhruv B. Sharma, Emily J. Shaw, Kyle Sweitzer, Roger J. Thompson, Meredith Welch, Rebecca Zwick. …

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Hardback. Etat : Good. Standardized tests have become the gateway to higher education . . . but should they be?For more than seventy-five years, standardized tests have been considered a vital tool for gauging students? readiness for college. However, few people?including students, parents, teachers, and policy makers?understand how tests like the SAT or ACT are used in admissions decisions. Once touted as the best way to compare students from diverse backgrounds, these tests are now increasingly criticized as being biased in favor of traditionally privileged groups. A small but growing number of colleges have made such testing optional for applicants.Is this the right way to go? Measuring Success investigates the research and policy implications of test-optional practices, considering both sides of the debate. Does a test-optional policy result in a more diverse student body or improve attainment and retention rates? Drawing upon the expertise of higher education researchers, admissions officers, enrollment managers, and policy professionals, this volume is among the first to investigate the research and policy implications of test-optional practices. Although the test-optional movement has received ample attention, its claims have rarely been subjected to empirical scrutiny. This volume provides a much-needed evaluation of the use and value of standardized admissions tests in an era of widespread grade inflation. It will be of great value to those seeking to strike the proper balance between uniformity and fairness in higher education. Contributors: Andrew S. Belasco, A. Emiko Blalock, William G. Bowen, Jim Brooks, Matthew M. Chingos, James C. Hearn, Michael Hurwitz, Jonathan Jacobs, Nathan R. Kuncel, Jason Lee, Jerome A. Lucido, Eric Maguire, Krista Mattern, Michael S. McPherson, Kelly O. Rosinger, Paul R. Sackett, Edgar Sanchez, Dhruv B. Sharma, Emily J. Shaw, Kyle Sweitzer, Roger J. Thompson, Meredith Welch, Rebecca Zwick. …

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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Great book- clean and tight. DJ has wear at edges with a few wrinkles and one 1 inch closed tear. Shelf 123. Not ex library. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.…

Hb. Etat : VG+. Etat de la jaquette : VG+. 1st. 343pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed; store stamp bottom edge. Endnotes; biblio.; index.

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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Three issues of Analog magazine that comprise the complete three-part serialization of Alfred Bester's novel "The Indian Giver", later revised and republished in book form as "The Computer Connection" (US) and "Extro" (UK). November 1974 issue also includes the novelette "When No Man Pursueth" by Spider Robinson as well as short stories by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Joe Haldeman, and Hayford Peirce. December 1974 issue also includes the novelette "Nix Olympica" by William Walling as well as short stories by Bob Buckley, and Alex and Phyllis Eisenstein. January 1975 issue also includes the novelettes "The Borderland Of Sol" by Larry Niven and "End Game" by Joe Haldeman as well as short stories by Barry Malzberg and Katherine MacLean. All issues are in very good condition. Minimal wear to the covers and clean, unmarked interiors. A little bit of bumping to the top of the spines on the November and December issues. Gaughan, Jack; Gilbert, Mike; Schoenherr, John (illustrateur).…

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Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition color illustrated heavy oversized (folio - 12 inches tall) softcover wraps. Includes Dedication; Contributors; A Note from Robert A. Wilson; A Note from Don Carty; Preface; Bibliography; Photo Credits; Acknowledgments; and Index. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, drawings, etc. The rear lower left corner cover has a 4 inch crease. (see photographs). Highlights from American Greats (from the rear outer cover): "It remains what it was, the greatest of bridges, the Brooklyn Bridge, made in America, its appeal defying time, a symbol now no less than ever of brave work nobly done." - David McCullough on the Brooklyn Bridge. "There is only one Chez Panisse. In this age of multiple restaurants it has no clones in London, Las Vegas, or Tokyo. Because Alice Waters has more than money on her mind." - Ruth Reichl on Chez Panisse. "Duke Ellington liked to claim he won his job at the Cotton Club, in December 1927, because he showed up three hours late for the audition, as did the owner, who heard only Ellington and non of his rivals." - Gary Giddins on the Duke Ellington Orchestra. "They [the editors] had uncanny ears for a false note; they sometimes surprised you by accepting a daring or experimental piece; they manifested a cloistered virtue, in a fallen, hustling world, that made appearing anywhere else feel like a dangerous trespass." - John Updike on The New Yorker. "Our original goal was simple, and only in retrospect, revolutionary: to use television to help children learn. We knew young children watched a great deal of television in the years before they went to school. We also knew they liked cartoons, game shows, and situation comedies; that they responded to slapstick humor, music with a beat, and above all - sadly - fast-paced, oft-repeated commercials." - Joan Ganz Cooney on Sesame Street. "So here I was, my anxiety over the flight spilling all over Danny DeVito, my fears at the time very real. Danny responded, 'Look there's no way you're going to crash because I am the LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, and since I need you to do this work with me when you come back, there is no way you don't make it back.' 'Great,' I said. 'I can just picture it; the plane is on fire and as we crash I'm screaming, "Ha, ha Danny. Your luck has run out.' " - James L. Brooks on television situation comedy. "What made the Wright brothers' successful early experiments so remarkable is that neither had any academic education in physics. They were entirely self-taught. The difference between them and other small town entrepreneurs was they had a genius for learning, and for identifying new problems to solve." - John Keegan on the Wright Brothers. "West Point has always seemed to me to be unusually close to Main Street in Middle America; it is a place without glitz, which without consciously trying, reflects both the norm, the center, and the diversity of America. Again and again it turns out good people of significant personal modesty and a powerful sense of obligation." - David Halberstam on West Point.…

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. Firing Line Program Transcript (No. 44 1972) William F. Buckley, Jr. (Host) Jack Anderson (Guest) "Government Secrecy" (Subject). Offered is Firing Line Program Transcript No. 44 published in 1972 by the Southern Educational Communications Association (SECA) out of Columbia, South Carolina. A left-stapled transcript measuring 5-3/4" by 8-1/2" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. The transcript number, in order of telecast, was compiled and maintained by SECA commencing with the program's move to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1971 although the number does not appear in the issue. This is the transcript of the Firing Line program taped in Arlington, Virginia, on April 20, 1972 and originally telecast on PBS on April 23, 1972. Hosted by William F. Buckley, Jr., the topic was "Government Secrecy"; the guest was Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist; the panelists were Walterene Swanston, Bradley Evans, and Sharon Sakson. Mailing label to rear cover.…

Newspaper. 28p., includes covers, 10.75x14.5 inches, photos, art, ads, articles, news, reviews, services and resources, events and opinion, very good tall magazine on newsprint in stapled color pictorial wraps. The Voice was founded by Hardman in 1979 and merged in 1983 with the San Francisco Vector becoming The California Voice in April. This is one of the last few issues under The Voice banner.…

Newspaper. First Edition. 28p., includes covers, 10.75x14.5 inches, photos, art, ads, articles, news, reviews, services and resources, events and opinion, very good tall magazine on newsprint in stapled color pictorial wraps. No AIDS reportage as yet. The Voice was founded by Hardman in 1979 and merged in 1983 with the San Francisco Vector becoming The California Voice in April. This is one of the last few issues under The Voice banner. Hardman's essay on Swinburne. Interview with Canadian homophile activist Michael Lynch. Goodbye Governor Brown. Did Agnos drop the ball on AB-1.…

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Paperback. Etat : New. Over the past several years, privately run, publicly funded charter schools have been sold to the American public as an education alternative promising better student achievement, greater parent satisfaction, and more vibrant school communities. But are charter schools delivering on their promise? Or are they just hype as critics contend, a costly experiment that is bleeding tax dollars from public schools? In this book, Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider tackle these questions about one of the thorniest policy reforms in the nation today. Using an exceptionally rigorous research approach, the authors investigate charter schools in Washington, D.C., carefully examining school data going back more than a decade, interpreting scores of interviews with parents, students, and teachers, and meticulously measuring how charter schools perform compared to traditional public schools. Their conclusions are sobering.Buckley and Schneider show that charter-school students are not outperforming students in traditional public schools, that the quality of charter-school education varies widely from school to school, and that parent enthusiasm for charter schools starts out strong but fades over time. And they argue that while charter schools may meet the most basic test of sound public policy--they do no harm--the evidence suggests they all too often fall short of advocates' claims. With the future of charter schools--and perhaps public education as a whole--hanging in the balance, this book supports the case for holding charter schools more accountable and brings us considerably nearer to resolving this contentious debate.…

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