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...paragraph of The Crimson story, neither mentions SAT's nor does it have any direct implications concerning their use by college admissions officers. Since SAT scores are good statistical predictors of scholastic performance in the freshman year, they are clearly relevant to the selection process. I agree with Henry Dyer, a recently retired vice-president of Educational Testing Service, that tests of specific competence are more valuable than IQ tests (e.g., the Stanford-Binet and the Wechsler), which are intended to assess hypothesized innate qualities underlying cognitive performance. (Belief in the validity of such assessments rests on pre-scientific views...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HERITABILITY OF I.Q. | 4/11/1974 | See Source »

With the Ram fans coming from Rose Hill down the Dyer Ave. line to the Garden triumphantly singing school songs, there is no way that the game on the floor can match the cheering in the stands. All the noise, cheering, boozing and carousing makes a great atmosphere for basketball...

Author: By Douglas E. Schoen, | Title: Echoes of Apathy | 2/15/1973 | See Source »

...handed catch that Bench has adopted, was nearly retired at 28 with knee injuries and is playing only part time this season. A few up-and-coming receivers are still healthy, including the St. Louis Cardinals' hard-hitting Ted Simmons and the New York Mets' Duffy Dyer, who was recently named National League Player of the Week-after replacing the injured Jerry Grote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Swinger from Binger | 7/10/1972 | See Source »

Killina Blow. Cliff Island could not afford to lose Seymour, or Ben O'Reilly Jr., who plows the heavy winter snows, or Bunk MacVane, Bub Anderson and Bruce Dyer, lobstermen all. Four hundred winter people lived on the island 70 years ago, but residents have been moving to the mainland and its more varied jobs for years. An exodus of the remaining young families would be the killing blow. The post office, the general store, the snow plow and even the daily ferry would stop. The island, still populated by descendants of its 17th century settlers, would become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Saving an Island School | 8/16/1971 | See Source »

...BETTY DYER SORENSEN Visalia, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 17, 1971 | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

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