"Uneducated Guesses" challenges everything our policymakers
thought they knew about education and education reform, from how to
close the achievement gap in public schools to admission standards
for top universities. In this explosive book, Howard Wainer uses
statistical evidence to show why some of the most widely held
beliefs in education today--and the policies that have
resulted--are wrong. He shows why colleges that make the SAT
optional for applicants end up with underperforming students and
inflated national rankings, and why the push to substitute
achievement tests for aptitude tests makes no sense. Wainer
challenges the thinking behind the enormous rise of advanced
placement courses in high schools, and demonstrates why assessing
teachers based on how well their students perform on tests--a
central pillar of recent education reforms--is woefully misguided.
He explains why college rankings are often lacking in hard
evidence, why essay questions on tests disadvantage women, why the
most grievous errors in education testing are not made by testing
organizations--and much more.
No one concerned about seeing our children achieve their full
potential can afford to ignore this book. With forceful
storytelling, wry insight, and a wealth of real-world examples,
"Uneducated Guesses" exposes today's educational policies to the
light of empirical evidence, and offers solutions for fairer and
more viable future policies.
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