AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Student sues over SAT scoring snafu.(NEWSWATCH)
A Minnesota high school senior whose SAT was incorrectly scored is suing the College Board, which oversees the exam and its testing firm, Pearson Educational Measurement.
The lawsuit is the first since an admission that 4,411 students received incorrectly lower scores and 613 got better scores than they deserved from the October 2005 test. In a written statement, the College Board said that it learned in March that Pearson had not "fully evaluated" 27,000 of the 495,000 exams from October. The College Board said that the errors were at least partially due to "abnormally high moisture content" in some of the answer sheets.
Some college admissions officials are frustrated with the errors, which may help a continuing trend of downplaying standardized test scores that disfavor females and minorities. "What are we supposed to make of past results?" asked Daniel Lundquist, VP of admissions, ...
- College Board Efforts Seek to Bolster Itself and the SAT.
- Magazine article from: The Chronicle of Higher Education May 11, 2001 700+ words
...JENNIFER JACOBSON The SAT may be on the defensive, but the College Board is working on...own future. The College Board, which owns the SAT, financed a study...statement about the SAT ''was not an attack against the College Board and E.T.S...
- The College Board Offers Free SAT(R) to Seniors and Free PSAT/NMSQT(R) to...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 15, 2005 700+ words
...Hurricane Katrina, the College Board is offering seniors...affected area a free SAT(R) Test, during...them by contacting College Board regional offices...can also call 888 SAT- HELP. SAT scores...related) General College Board Questions: 866...collegeboard.com/ ...
- The College Board Announces a New SAT; World's Most Widely Used Admissions Test...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 27, 2002 700+ words
...significant revision to the College Board's Achievement Test program (SAT II: Subject Tests...to Caperton, the College Board's SAT I: Reasoning Test...American history. The College Board offers 22 different SAT II: Subject Tests...
- College Board Criticized for SAT Errors.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 24, 2006 700+ words
...on last October's SAT exam has the College Board, the test's owner...group that relies on the SAT and typically supports...is best known for the SAT and AP exam programs...in recent years, the College Board has been criticized...
- National SAT scores decline: Test critics call it a 'plunge'; College Board...
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) August 30, 2006 700+ words
...Borsuk Aug. 30--SAT scores nationwide...officials of the College Board testing company...large subgroup of SAT takers, though...flattering to the College Board." The National...College Board." The College Board released results...was added to the ...
- The College Board Launches One-on-One With the SAT; The Only SAT Prep Software...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 8, 2001 700+ words
...Feb. 8, 2001 The College Board today announced the launch...One-on-One with the SAT(TM), the only complete...One-on-One with the SAT is one in a line of successful SAT preparation products from the College Board available for students...
- College Board Hoping New SAT Makes Grade.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 28, 2002 700+ words
...entrance exam, the College Board on Thursday approved...history of the SAT 1. In the most...Virginia governor. The College Board, based in Princeton...administers the SAT 1, SAT 2 single...of Texas who is a College Board trustee, said Texas...less weight on the ...
- College Board Considers Different Structure for SAT Exam.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 27, 2002 700+ words
...Directors of The College Board, the organization that owns the SAT, will vote today...Central Florida. The College Board has not yet decided...portions of the SAT are scored on scales...creating a new total SAT score that could...Chiara Coletti, The College ...
- New SAT Readiness Program(TM) Continues the College Board's Tradition of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 20, 2004 700+ words
...Development at the College Board. "With the new SAT Readiness Program...Because the College Board is the organization...develops the SAT, we can assure...addition to the SAT Online Preparation...TM), the College Board also provides...
- College Board approves overhaul of SAT I test.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sturrock, Carrie June 27, 2002 700+ words
...standards," College Board President Gaston...argues the current SAT I fosters too...Critics of the new SAT 1 have questioned how the College Board will fairly score...administers an SAT II writing test for the College Board _ albeit on a...
