DEPAUL UNIVERSITY'S TEST-OPTIONAL PILOT PROGRAM FOR FRESHMAN ADMISSION
External and Media Resources
Here we offer external resources on test-optional admission, including standardized testing in the news, books and websites.
Standardized Testing in the News- University of Rochester Adopts Test Flexible Policy (University of Rochester Office of Admissions and Financial Aid Blog)
- College Board Criticized for ''Rich Kids'' SAT (Inside Higher Ed)
- Pineapples, Robot Graders, and Standardized Testing in Higher Ed (Inside Higher Ed)
- The SAT Scandal (Inside Higher Ed)
- Faculty Role in Admissions (Inside Higher Ed)
- How to Reform Testing (Inside Higher Ed)
- Are the SATs a Must for College Admissions? (U.S. News and World Report)
- The Other Side of Test Optional (New York Times)
- Behind the SAT-Optional Movement (NACAC Journal of College Admission)
- Six Myths of Standardized Tests (U.S. News and World Report)
- Who Needs the LSAT anyway? (The National Law Journal)
- College Admissions for the 21st Century (Inside Higher Ed)
- New Evidence of Racial Bias on SATs (Inside Higher Ed)
- How Colleges Perpetuate Inequality (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- ''Conscientious Objector'' to Testing (Inside Higher Ed)
- One College Applicant Puts Her Testing Gripes on Video (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- The Rigors and Rewards of Going Test-Optional (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- The Report of the Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admission (NACAC)
- College Admission Testing (NACAC)
- Mind the Gaps: How College Readiness Narrows Achievement Gaps in College Success
- Differential Validity and Prediction of the SAT
- Sex Differences in Performance on the SAT I Quantitative Section
- Validity of High-School Grades in Predicting Student Success Beyond the Freshman Year: High-School Record vs. Standardized Tests as Indicators of Four-Year College Outcomes
- SAT Scores, High Schools, and Collegiate Performance Predictions
- The Hungry Mind: Intellectual Curiosity Is the Third Pillar of Academic Performance
- Back to the Basics: In Defense of Achievement (and Achievement Tests) in College Admissions
- SAT Wars: The Case for Test-optional Admission edited by Joseph A. Soares
- College Admissions for the 21st Century by Robert J. Sternberg
- Beyond the Big Test: Noncognitive Assessment in Higher Education by William E. Sedlacek (a leading authority on the topic of noncognitive assessment)
- Crossing the Finish Line by William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos and Michael S. McPherson
- The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest)
- Wake Forest University, Test-Optional
- National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
- ACT
- The College Board
