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Author Lemann, Nicholas.

Title The big test : the secret history of the American meritocracy / Nicholas Lemann.

Imprint New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  371.26 LEMANN    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.26 L547B    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  371.2609 LEMANN    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description viii, 406 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Moral Equivalent of Religion -- Henry Chauncey's Idea -- The Glass Slipper -- Native Intelligence -- The Natural Aristocracy -- Victory -- IQ Joe -- The Census of One Ability -- The Standard Gauge -- In the System -- Meritocracy -- The Master Plan -- Rah! Rah! Rah! -- Chauncey at Yale -- The Negro Problem -- The Fall of Clark Kerr -- The Invention of the Asian-American -- Mandarins -- The Weak Spot -- Working -- The Fall of William Turnbull -- The Guardians -- Behind the Curtain -- Berkeley Squeezed -- Molly's Crisis -- The Case of Winton Manning -- Surprise Attack -- No Retreat -- The Fundis and the Realos -- Changing Sides -- Defeat -- Afterword: A Real Meritocracy.
Summary A history of the Educational Testing Service and the attempt to form an elite by sorting students, "fairly and dispassionately."
Subject Educational Testing Service -- History.
Chauncey, Henry, 1905-2002.
Educational tests and measurements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Ability -- United States -- Testing -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence tests -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- United States.
Chauncey, Henry, 1905-
Educational Testing Service -- Histoire.
Chauncey, Henry, 1905-2002 (OCoLC)fst01727889
Educational Testing Service. (OCoLC)fst00529306
Ability -- Testing. (OCoLC)fst00794404
Educational tests and measurements. (OCoLC)fst00903660
Elite (Social sciences) (OCoLC)fst00908113
Intelligence tests. (OCoLC)fst00975867
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Studieresultaten.
Educational Testing Service.
Elites.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term United States
Intelligence tests
Educational assessment
Elites
Racial discrimination
Civil liberties
Student selection
Legislation
Cases (Law)
History
Overseas item
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0374299846 (alk. paper)
9780374299842 (alk. paper)
9780374527518
0374527512
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