ISBN10: 0374527512, ISBN13: 9780374527518, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Softcover A bright, square, and overall a nice copy
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Date: 2000. 1st Revised Paperback Edition, 2000 . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Lisa Stokes (Book Design); Archie Ferguson (Cover Design); Gordon Parks (Cover Photo). 406 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Very light foxing at page edges. 2000. Farrar, Straus & Giroux ISBN 0374527512 9780374527518 [US]

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2000-11-16. First Edition. paperback. Used:Good. 2000. Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0374527512 9780374527518 [US]

Farrar Straus & Giroux, Date: 2000. Paperback. New. 406 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. 2000. Farrar Straus & Giroux ISBN 0374527512 9780374527518 [GB]

ISBN10: 0374527512, ISBN13: 9780374527518, [publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The widely acclaimed study of what's gone wrong in American higher education.What do we know about the history, origin, design, and purpose of the SAT Who invented it, and why How did it acquire such a prominent and lasting position in American education The Big Test reveals the ideas, people, and politics behind a fifty-year-old utopian social experiment that changed this country. Combining vibrant storytelling, vivid portraiture, and thematic analysis, Lemann shows why this experiment did not turn out as planned. It did create a new elite, but it also generated conflict and tension-and America's best educated, most privileged people are now leaders without followers. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Educational Testing Service's archives, Lemann maintains that America's meritocracy is neither natural nor inevitable, and that it does not apportion opportunity equally or fairly. His important study not only asks profound moral and political questions about the past and future of our society but also carries implications for current social and educational policy. As Brent Staples noted in his New York Times editorial column: 'Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts announced that prospective students would no longer be required to submit SAT scores with their applications. . . ...
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux. New. Date: 2000. Paperback. 0374527512 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE -- What do we know about the history, origin, design, and purpose of the SAT? Who invented it, and why? How did it acquire such a prominent and lasting position in American education? The Big Test reveals the ideas, people, and politics behind a fifty-year-old utopian social experiment that changed this country. Combining vibrant storytelling, vivid portraiture, and thematic analysis, Lemann shows why this experiment did not turn out as planned. It did create a new elite, but it also generated conflict and tension— and America's best educated, most privileged people are now leaders without followers. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Educational Testing Service’s archives, Lemann maintains that America’s meritocracy is neither natural nor inevitable, and that it does not apportion opportunity equally or fairly. His important study not only asks profound moral and political questions about the past and future of our society but also carries implications for current social and educational policy. As Brent Staples noted in his New York Times editorial column: “Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts announced that prospective students would no longer be required to submit SAT ...