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The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
by Lemann, Nicholas
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 0374299846
- ISBN 13
- 9780374299842
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1999. First Edition. First? Printing. very good, very good. 406, notes, index, minor edge wear and soiling to DJ. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) began as a utopian experiment, to usethe science of intelligence testing to assess and sort American students fairly and dispassionately in order to create a new democratic elite. In a remarkable synthesis of vibrant storytelling, vivid portraiture, and thematic analysis, Lemann reveals the secret history of this major effort to unseat the quasi-hereditary male white elite that had run America.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45630
- Title
- The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
- Author
- Lemann, Nicholas
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First? Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374299846
- ISBN 13
- 9780374299842
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Educational Testing, Affirmative Action, Henry Chauncey, College Board, Bill Clinton, James Bryant Conant, Clark Kerr, Molly Munger, SAT's
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