Recent atkinson_papers_achievement items

Achievement Versus Aptitude Tests in College Admissions

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Paper based on keynote address at the conference “Rethinking the SAT: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions,” University of California, Santa Barbara, November 16, 2001. Published in Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 2001-02.

UC Looks Beyond Test Scores for Students

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Opinion piece about initiatives to expand opportunities for students to achieve admission to UC.

Let's Step Back from the SAT I

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Opinion piece about elimination of the SAT I examination as a requirement for admission to the University of California.

Standardized Tests and Access to American Universities

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The 2001 Robert H. Atwell Distinguished Lecture, delivered at the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education, Washington, D.C., February 18, 2001.

The Changing World of College Admissions Tests

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Changing World of College Admissions Tests

UC and the SAT: Recommended Principles for the Use of Admission Tests at the University of California

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

UC and the SAT: Recommended Principles for the Use of Admission Tests at the University of California

UC Takes a Look at SAT I's Worth

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Opinion piece about the role of standardized testing and the SAT I.

College Admissions and the SAT: A Personal Perspective

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

College Admissions and the SAT: A Personal Perspective

Statement on the Vote by the College Board Trustees to Revise the SAT I

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Statement on the College Board’s new test, which will be in accord with specifications developed by UC’s Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools.

Rethinking Admissions: US Public Universities in the Post-Affirmative Action Age

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

In the aftermath of SP-1 and Proposition 209, the University of California has adopted several strategies in order to maintain access. In the long term, the university seeks to work with individual students to improve their academic preparation and to expand partnerships with the K-12 public sector. The state’s need to educate more of its minority citizens is urgent, however, so in the shorter term the University has focused on three strategies in its admissions process: comprehensive review, Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC), and the Dual Admissions Program (DAP). The paper also discusses the use of standardized tests in judging students’ readiness for university-level work, and especially changes to the SAT tests that have come about partly in response to UC policies. The paper concludes by assessing the ongoing debates over racial preferences in college admissions.