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The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America

The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America

Nicholas Lemann - Social Science - 2011 - 416 pages
A New York Times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North. A definitive book on ...
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Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War

Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War

Nicholas Lemann - Political Science - 2007 - 257 pages
Brilliant . . . "Redemption" is accessible and important, and we cannot really understand race or political power in modern America without understanding what happened in the ...
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The Case Against the SAT

The Case Against the SAT

James Crouse - Social Science - 1988 - 224 pages
The College Entrance Examination Board and the Educational Testing Service claim that the SAT helps colleges select students, helps college-bound students select appropriate ...
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None of the above: behind the myth of scholastic aptitude

None of the above: behind the myth of scholastic aptitude

David Owen - 1985 - 327 pages
This critical examination of the Educational Testing Service scrutinizes the private corporation and contends that it wields an inordinate influence over the educational and ...
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Rethinking the SAT: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions

Rethinking the SAT: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions

Rebecca Zwick - Education - 2004 - 392 pages
Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the ...
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The reign of ETS: the corporation that makes up minds
The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission And Exclusion at Harvard, Yale ...

The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission And Exclusion at Harvard, Yale ...

Jerome Karabel - Education - 2006 - 711 pages
A professor of sociology at the University of California presents the findings of his survey of admissions at Princeton, revealing a century of exclusion that cuts to the core ...
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The Best American Magazine Writing

The Best American Magazine Writing

American Society of Magazine Editors, Chris (INT) Anderson - Literary Collections - 2010 - 448 pages
Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ...
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Leveling the Playing Field: Justice, Politics, and the College Admissions

Leveling the Playing Field: Justice, Politics, and the College Admissions

Robert K. Fullinwider, Judith Lichtenberg - Education - 2004 - 267 pages
Leveling the Playing Field examines the admissions policies of contemporary American colleges and universities in light of the assumption that enhancing the educational ...
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The Big Test

The Big Test

Julie Danneberg - 2011 - 32 pages
Mrs. Hartwell is preparing her class to take the Big Test. Knowing they have studied and are well-prepared, she helps the students practice how to sit quietly, fill in teh ...
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