Is the SAT a "wealth test?" The link between educational achievement and socioeconomic status

Rethinking the SAT: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 203-216

  Zwick, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248994570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203463932     Document Type: Chapter

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