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Among the most well publicized criticism of testing is a report from a Ralph Nader study group which criticized ETS for not being open enough to public scrutiny and universities and other institutions for placing too much emphasis on tests in admissions and selection. "Tests have very little to do with one's ability to succeed," Tim Massade, a member of the study groups, says. "They merely measure how well one does on a multiple choice test," he adds...
Much of the criticism of ETS is not without statistical base. For example, ETS studies have shown a direct correlation between a person's family income and his SAT scores. As average family income increases, test scores rise proportionately. Many such as Alan Nairn, head of the Nader study group, claim this is direct evidence of an economic bias in the tests. The Nairn-Nader study says ETS statistics show SATs are not a very accurate predictor of a student's first year grades. "Ninety per cent of the time, tests predict a student's first year grades no more...
...courtroom in Winamac, Ind., last week, former Watergate Prosecutor James F. Neal was asking prospective jurors in his Tennessee drawl what cars they owned and whether they had heard of Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader. When Raymond Schramm responded that a member of his family had a 1976 Pinto, the attorney, now representing the Ford Motor Co., asked him if that might affect his judgment. "I don't think so," Schramm replied. "I used to drive a Corvair...
...Getting Testy" [Nov. 26], Ralph Nader and others opposed to testing were cited as critical of intelligence testing, the overuse of test scores and Educational Testing Service: three birds with one stone...
These birds do not flock together. E.T.S. does not "define intelligence," nor is it a "regulator of the human mind," as Nader contends. Indeed, E.T.S. does not develop or give intelligence tests such as those illustrated in the article. Tests of scholastic aptitude, which E.T.S. does develop, measure mathematical and verbal abilities developed through years of schooling and life experience. They are used simply because they present a fair sample of the intellectual skills students need in college. E.T.S. agrees that the scores should not be used to the exclusion of other information. That does not mean they should...