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Near the turn of the twentieth century, on December 22, 1899, representatives of 12 universities and 3 preparatory academies met and agreed on “a plan of examination suitable as a test for admission to college,” thus ushering in the era of standardized admissions testing (Maryland College...

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MEASURING
SUCCESS
TESTING GRADES,
AND THE FUTURE OF
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COLLEGE
ADMISSION

,Mea­sur­ing Success
testing, grades, and the ­future
of college admissions


Edited by
Jack Buckley
Lynn Letukas
Ben Wildavsky




Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore

,© 2018 Johns Hopkins University Press
All rights reserved. Published 2018
Printed in the United States of Amer­i­ca on acid-­free paper
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-­in-­Publication Data
Names: Buckley, Jack, 1965–­editor.
Title: Mea­sur­ing success : testing, grades, and the ­f uture of college
admissions / edited by Jack Buckley, Lynn Letukas, Ben Wildavsky.
Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017035199| ISBN 9781421424965 (alk. paper : hardcover) |
ISBN 9781421424972 (electronic) | ISBN 1421424967 (alk. paper : hardcover) |
ISBN 1421424975 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Universities and colleges—­United States—­Entrance
examinations—­Validity. | BISAC: EDUCATION / Higher. | EDUCATION /
Testing & Mea­sure­ment. | STUDY AIDS / College Entrance.
Classification: LCC LB2353.2 .M43 2018 | DDC 378.1/662—­dc23
LC rec­ord available at https://­lccn​.l­ oc​.g­ ov​/2­ 017035199

A cata­log rec­ord for this book is available from the British Library.

Chapter 8 has been republished with permission of Prince­ton University
Press from William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, and Michael S.
McPherson, Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at Amer­i­ca’s
Universities (Prince­ton, NJ: Prince­ton University Press, 2009); permission
conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
Chapter 9 has been republished with permission of Harvard University
Press from Rebecca Zwick, Who Gets In? Strategies for Fair and Effective
College Admissions (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
copyright © 2017 by Educational Testing Ser­v ice).
Chapter 10 has been republished from Andrew S. Belasco, Kelly O. Rosinger,
and James C. Hearn, “The Test-­Optional Movement at Amer­i­ca’s Selective
Liberal Arts Colleges: A Boon for Equity or Something Else?,” Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analy­sis, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 206–223, copyright © 2015.
Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications, Inc.

Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information,
please contact Special Sales at 410-­516-­6936 or specialsales@press.jhu​.­edu​.­

Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book
materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least
30 ­percent post-­consumer waste, whenever pos­si­ble.

, Contents



Acknowl­edgments vii


Introduction: The Emergence of Standardized Testing
and the Rise of Test-­Optional Admissions 1
Jack Buckley, Lynn Letukas, and Ben Wildavsky



pa rt i. M a king the Case for Sta nda r dized Testing

1 Eight Myths about Standardized Admissions Testing 13
Paul R. Sackett and Nathan R. Kuncel

2 The Core Case for Testing: The State of Our Research Knowledge 40
Emily J. Shaw

3 Grade Inflation and the Role of Standardized Testing 64
Michael Hurwitz and Jason Lee

4 Merit-­Based Scholarships in Student Recruitment
and the Role of Standardized Tests 94
Jonathan Jacobs, Jim Brooks, and Roger J. Thompson

5 When High School Grade Point Average and Test Scores Disagree:
Implications for Test-­Optional Policies 118
Edgar Sanchez and Krista Mattern



pa rt ii. The R ise of Test-­O ptiona l Admissions

6 Understanding the Test-­Optional Movement 145
Jerome A. Lucido

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