None of the Above, Revised: The Truth Behind the SATs (Culture and Education Series)

This book is an expose of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Scholastic Achievement Tests (SATs). The book states that the SATs measure only how well one does on the SAT and has no correlation to how well one will perform in school or out in the real world. The only correlation with high test scores is socioeconomic. Higher income families score higher on the SAT. The book makes the ETS compound sound like the CIA. It is a non-profit company whose structure and compound set examples for corporate America. While we like to think of the SAT as inherent to the American educational system, once you read this book you will have second thoughts. This book is definitely worth reading. An Examination Of Standardized Testing And The Educational Testing Service, Focusing On The Sat Exam, Discussing The Organization's Role In Determining Who Gets Ahead In America And Who Falls Behind. Preface And Acknowledgments / David Owen -- Preface And Acknowledgments / Marilyn Doerr -- Foreword / James Fallows -- Series Editor's Foreword / Joe L. Kincheloe -- Introduction: High Anxiety -- The Kettle Defense -- Holistic Grading -- Multiple Guess -- Numbers -- Tempting The Medicine Freaks -- Coaching -- Beating The Test -- Test Security -- The Cult Of Mental Measurement -- Brains -- Mythology -- Testing And Teachers -- Testing And Society: What Can Be Done? -- A Poisoned Question -- Illegal Test Use -- College List. David Owen With Marilyn Doerr. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 293-314) And Index. Each year high school students across the country, armed with No. 2 pencils and in various states of battle-readiness, face one of life's most gut-wrenching rites of the SAT. Part devastating expos-, part savvy test guide, None of the Above demystifies the development of the SAT and offers practical strategies on how to beat the test. Fifteen years after its original publication, Owen's updated book is more relevant than ever for students, their parents, and those who believe in the importance of educational opportunity for all.