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The big test : the secret history of the American meritocracy Cover Image Book Book

The big test : the secret history of the American meritocracy

Lemann, Nicholas. (Author).

Summary: A history of the Educational Testing Service and the attempt to form an elite by sorting students, "fairly and dispassionately."

Item details

  • ISBN: 0374299846
  • ISBN: 9780374299842
  • ISBN: 9780374527518
  • ISBN: 0374527512
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 406 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library.

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      Peachtree City Library 		371.26 LEMANN NICHOLA ( Send Text)
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