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Assessment and access : Hispanics in higher education

Title
Assessment and access : Hispanics in higher education / edited by Gary D. Keller, James R. Deneen, and Rafael J. Magallán.
Publication
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Keller, Gary D.
  • Deneen, James R.
  • Magallán, Rafael J., 1945-
Description
viii, 333 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Introduction: advances in assessment and the potential for increasing the number of Hispanics in higher education by Gary D. Keller. Cultural and linguistic influences on Latino testing by José P. Mestre and James M. Royer. Diagnostic testing of reasoning skills by Richard P. Durán. Assessing heuristic knowledge to enhance college students' success by Raymond V. Padilla. Time as a factor in the cognitive test performance of Latino college students by María Magdalena Llabre. Factors related to differential item functioning for Hispanic examinees on the Scholastic Aptitude Test by Alice P. Schmitt and Neil J. Dorans. Eduating the scores of the College Board Prueba de Aptitud Académica and the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test by William H. Angoff and Linda L. Cook.
Series Statement
SUNY series, United States Hispanic studies
Uniform Title
SUNY series, United States Hispanic studies
Subject
  • prüfte'st
  • Hispanic Americans > Education (Higher)
  • College entrance achievement tests > United States
  • Hispanic or Latino > education
  • College Admission Test
  • College entrance achievement tests
  • Hispanos
  • Hochschulzulassung
  • Höheres Bildungswesen
  • Test
  • United States
  • Hispanos
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-312) and index.
Contents
  • Introduction : advances in assessment and the potential for increasing the number of Hispanics in higher education / Gary D. Keller -- Cultural and linguistic influences on Latino testing / José P. Mestre and James M. Royer -- Diagnostic testing of reasoning skills / Richard P. Durán -- Assessing heuristic knowledge to enhance college students' success / Raymond V. Padilla -- Time as a factor in the cognitive test performance of Latino college students / Mariá Magdalena Llabre -- Factors related to differential item functioning for Hispanic examinees on the Scholastic Aptitude Test / Alicia P. Schmitt and Neil J. Dorans -- Educating the scores of the College Board Prueba de Aptitud Académica and the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test / William H. Angoff and Linda L. Cook.
  • Competency testing and Latino student access to the teaching profession : an overview of issues ; Research directions and practical strategies in teacher testing and assessment : implications for improving Latino access to teaching / Richard R. Valencia and Sofia Aburto -- The development of TestSkills : a test familiarization kit on the PSAT/NMSQT for Hispanic students / Lorraine Gaire -- A preliminary evaluation of TestSkills : a kit to prepare Hispanic students for the PSAT/NMSQT / María Pennock-Román, Donald E. Powers, and Monte Pérez.
ISBN
  • 0791407799
  • 9780791407790
  • 0791407802
  • 9780791407806
LCCN
90048185
OCLC
  • ocm22452419
  • 22452419
  • SCSB-8920501
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library