Daily Kos: Don’t ask schools to fix society’s problems
Please look at the comments and notice what people focus on in my commentary.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Radical Scholarship: Poverty and Education in SC and the US
Radical Scholarship: Poverty and Education in SC and the US: Op-Eds in The State and The Greenville News : As children across South Carolina re-enter our schools across the state, two recent reports...
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Rethinking the SAT
• SAT scores more closely tied to parental income and education than any other data:
2005 college-bound seniors: Total group profile report. (2005). Princeton, NJ: College Board. Retrieved 27 August 2009 from http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2005/2005-college-bound-seniors.pdf
College Board. (2010). SAT trends: Background on the SAT takers in the class of 2010. Princeton, NJ: The College Board. Retrieved 17 August 2011 from http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/2010-sat-trends.pdf
• SAT less predictive than GPA:
Kobrin, J. L., Patterson, B. F., Shaw, E. J., Mattern, K. D., & Barbuti, S. M. (2008). Validity of the SAT for predicting first-year college grade point average. College Board Research Report No. 2008-5. New York: The College Board. Retrieved 12 August 2008 from http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/Validity_of_the_SAT_for_Predicting_First_Year_College_Grade_Point_Average.pdf
• SAT remains racially biased:
Santelices, M. V., & Wilson, M. (2010, Spring). Unfair treatment? The case of Freedle, the SAT, and the standardization approach to differential item functioning. Harvard Educational Review, 80(1), 106-133.
• Gender bias in standardized testing:
Spelke, E. S. (2005, December). Sex differences in intrinsic aptitude for mathematics and science? American Psychologist, 60(9),950-958.
2005 college-bound seniors: Total group profile report. (2005). Princeton, NJ: College Board. Retrieved 27 August 2009 from http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2005/2005-college-bound-seniors.pdf
College Board. (2010). SAT trends: Background on the SAT takers in the class of 2010. Princeton, NJ: The College Board. Retrieved 17 August 2011 from http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/2010-sat-trends.pdf
• SAT less predictive than GPA:
Kobrin, J. L., Patterson, B. F., Shaw, E. J., Mattern, K. D., & Barbuti, S. M. (2008). Validity of the SAT for predicting first-year college grade point average. College Board Research Report No. 2008-5. New York: The College Board. Retrieved 12 August 2008 from http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/Validity_of_the_SAT_for_Predicting_First_Year_College_Grade_Point_Average.pdf
• SAT remains racially biased:
Santelices, M. V., & Wilson, M. (2010, Spring). Unfair treatment? The case of Freedle, the SAT, and the standardization approach to differential item functioning. Harvard Educational Review, 80(1), 106-133.
• Gender bias in standardized testing:
Spelke, E. S. (2005, December). Sex differences in intrinsic aptitude for mathematics and science? American Psychologist, 60(9),950-958.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Lack of positive correlation between test scores and economies
Here is an excerpt of some of Bracey's work on the false claims about test scores from international comparisons and national economies; be sure to scroll down in this post to the quoted section from Bracey.
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