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Rethinking the SAT - November 16 - 17, 2001

Post-Conference Resources
Rethinking the SAT - November 16 - 17, 2001

The future of standardized testing in university admissions

University of California, Santa Barbara
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Conference Program (in PDF Format)

Conference WebCast (Rebroadcast) - Click on the "SAT Broadcast" link on the left pane
Rebroadcast Schedule

Available Speeches for download

Richard Atkinson, President, University of California
A CALIFORNIA PERSPECTIVE ON THE SAT

(in PDF Format)

Richard Ferguson, President, ACT, Inc.
SPEECH

(in PDF Format)

Gaston Caperton, President, The College Board

Nicholas Lemann, author of The Big Test
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MERITOCRACY

(in PDF Format)

Available Abstracts for download

Standardized Tests and American Education - Discussion Panel
Panelists	Abstracts
Manuel Gomez Vice President, UC Office of the President	N/A
Delaine Eastin California Department of Education	N/A
David Lohman University of Iowa	N/A
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Session 1 - An Overview of the SAT
Panelists	Abstracts
Ida Lawrence and Gretchen Rigol Educational Testing Service/ College Board	A Historical View of the SAT
John A. Douglass	Countervailing Forces: Affirmative Action and the Adoption of the SAT at the U of C
Dorothy Perry UC San Francisco	BOARS Presentation (Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools)
Michael Brown UC Santa Barbara	UCSB and the SAT
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Session 2 - Race, Class, Gender and the SAT
Panelists	Abstracts
Rebecca Zwick UC Santa Barbara	Is the SAT a Wealth Test?
Wayne J. Camara and Amy E. Schmidt The College Board	Group Differences in Standardized Testing and Social Stratification
Roger Studley Department of Economics, UC Berkeley	Inequality, the SAT and the University of California Admission
John W. Young Rutgers University	Differential Validity, Differential Prediction and College Admissions Testing
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Session 3 - Predictive Validity I: SAT I and SAT II
Panelists	Abstracts
Brent Bridgeman, Nancy Burton, and Frederick Cline Educational Testing Service	Substituting SAT II: Subject Tests for the SAT I: Reasoning Test-Impact on Admitted Class Composition and Quality
Jennifer L. Kobrin and Wayne J. Camara The College Board	The Utility of the SAT I and SAT II for Admissions Decisions in California and Nationally
Saul Geiser and Roger Studley UC Office of the President	UC and the SAT: Predictive Validity and Differential Impact of SAT I and SAT II at the University of California
Christina Perez University Testing Reform Advocate, FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing	Why Any Test At All? Relying On Admissions Criteria That More Accurately Predict Success in College
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Session 4a - Effects of Test Preparation
Panelists	Abstracts
Derek Briggs and Ben Hansen UC Berkeley	Evaluating SAT Test Preparation: Gains, Effects and Self-Selection
Jay Rosner Exec. Director, Princeton Review Foundation	N/A
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Session 4b - Alternative Assessment Models
Panelists	Abstracts
Michael Martinez UC Irvine	N/A
Howard Everson The College Board	N/A
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Session 5a - Alternative Admission Models
Panelists	Abstracts
Christina Perez National Center for Fair & Open Testing	Reassessing College Admissions: Examining Tests & Admitting Alternatives
Paul Johnson and John Young Rutgers University	Undergraduate Admission Models Incorporating Socioeconomic Factors
Jesse Rothstein UC Berkeley	Assessing the Informational Content of SAT Scores
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Session 5b - Predictive Validity II: SAT & ACT
Panelists	Abstracts
Merna Villarejo and Amy Barlow University of California, Davis	High School GPA and SAT I Scores as Predictors of Graduation Outcomes for Minority Biology Students
Julie Noble, Mark Davenport, Jeff Schiel and Mary Pommerich	High School Academic and Noncognitive Variables Related to the ACT Scores of Racial/Ethnic and Gender Groups
Julie Noble	The Effects of Using ACT Composite Scores and/or High School Grade Averages on College Admissions Decisions for Racial/Ethnic Groups
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Session 6 - Equity and Academic Preparation.
Panelists	Abstracts
Patricia Gandara University of California, Davis	N/A
William Trent University of Illinois	N/A
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Session 7 - Roundtable: On the frontline of admissions
Panelists	Abstracts
Rae Lee Siporin Retired Admission Director, UC Los Angeles	N/A
Mae Brown UC San Diego Director	N/A
Pam Burnett Berkeley Admission Director	N/A
Susan Bonoff High School Counselor	N/A
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The SAT, California and UC Town Hall Meeting: Who Should Get In to the University of California and How?
Panelists	Abstracts
Manuel Gomez VP for Outreach UC Office of the President	N/A
Dennis Galligani Associate VP for Student Services UC Office of the President	N/A
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