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The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy Paperback - 2000
by Nicholas Lemann
"[An] engaging, enlightening historical analysis of the idea of the SAT, dramatized by stories of the people who designed it and the students who benefited from it, and . . . recent battles over standardized testing and affirmative action". "The Boston Globe".
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- Title The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
- Author Nicholas Lemann
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-11-16
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780374527518 / 0374527512
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Library of Congress subjects Elite (Social sciences) - United States, Educational tests and measurements - United
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001268120
- Dewey Decimal Code 371.260
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- New York Times, 12/10/2000, Page 48
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2001, Page 187
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