This is an interesting read for Ed Psych and Tests & Measurements
classes. It seems to me that Murray is engaging in a bit of what he
chides ETS for doing -- changing the name of an instrument because of
its sociopolitical baggage. In this case, we drop the SAT and
substitute a set of ETS tests which show high intercorrelations but are
called Achievement tests.
Ken
Christopher D. Green wrote:
This will interest many of you, I am sure. From today's Inside Higher Ed:
An article
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/07/29/redundancy_testing/?page=1>
by Christopher Shea in /The Boston Globe’/s Ideas section Sunday
explored the significance of Charles Murray, who cited IQ tests in
his controversial work /The Bell Curve/ and who is known for
believing that intelligence can be measured, turning against the
SAT. The /Globe/ quotes one promnent SAT critic as calling Murray’s
conversion a “Nixon going to China” moment. Murray outlined his new
position this month in an article in /The American/
<http://www.american.com/archive/2007/july-august-magazine-contents/abolish-the-sat/?searchterm=charles%20murray>
in which he said that the SAT provided little real information and
that the test has become a “corrosive symbol of privilege.”
Regards,
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Professor
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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