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Willingham, Warren Willcox was born on March 1, 1930 in Rome, Georgia, United States. Son of Calder Baynard and Eleanor (Willcox) Willingham.
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Gender and Fair Assessment
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There have been many important changes in the participation of women and men in American society over the past quarter-century. Tests play a role in those changes by providing evidence of the diverse achievement and proficiency of women and men. They aid the learning process and reflect inequalities in opportunity to learn and participate. In addition, they provide useful information in considering what alternatives in education and work make most sense for individuals and influence views about groups of students, educational programs, and a wide range of issues. For all of these reasons, it is important that tests assess fairly and reflect accurately the ways young people are and are not achieving as well as desired. The test performance of women and men is a research topic of historical interest and has received much attention in recent years. Because of this increased interest, there is a great deal of new research and data available. The purpose of the study presented in this volume was to review this new information with two objectives in mind: *to clarify patterns of gender difference and similarity in test performance and related achievements, and *to see what implications those findings might have for fair assessment and, as a corollary, examine the assessment process as a possible source of gender differences. This study is interested in tests used in education to assess developed knowledge and skill. In order to gain a broader view of gender similarity and difference, the contributors looked at other types of measures and other characteristics of young women and men. Their hope is to contribute to a firmer basis for insuring fairness in tests--an objective which is particularly important as the field moves increasingly to new forms of assessment in which there is less experience.
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College Placement & Exemption
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Book by Willingham, Warren W.
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Personal Qualities and College Admissions
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Provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the admission policies and practices of a group of nine institutions.
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Predicting College Grades Analysis of Institutional Trends over Two Decades
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Predicting College Grades Analysis of Institutional Trends over Two Decades Jun 01, 1990 Warren W. Willingham; Charles Lewis; Rick Morgan and Leonard Ramist
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Report of study designed to provide some bench marks that would give some quantitative indication of how accessible higher education is, in order to improve understanding of the current status of educational opportunity. The method involved an analysis of the populations living near an inexpensive, nonselective college in various geographic areas. It brought together three divergent components-people, communities, and educational institutions-into a sort of educational demography.
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Warren Willcox Willingham
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Education
Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tennessee, 1955.
Career
Research associate World Book Company, New York City, 1959-1960. Director evaluation studies Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1960-1964. Director research College Board, New York City, 1964-1968, director access research office Palo Alto, California, 1968-1972.
Assistant vice president, distinguished research scientist Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1972. Visiting professor University Minnesota, 1988. Member advisory board on educational requirements on Secretary Navy, 1968.
Leader Psychometric Seminar, National Institute Testing and Evaluation, Jerusalem, 1999. Consultant to numerous schools, colleges United States Office Education.
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Free-access higher education
(Report of study designed to provide some bench marks that...)
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Gender and Fair Assessment
(There have been many important changes in the participati...)
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Personal Qualities and College Admissions
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Predicting College Grades Analysis of Institutional Trends over Two Decades
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College Placement & Exemption
(Book by Willingham, Warren W.)
- The source book for higher education;: A critical guide to literature and information on access to higher education,
- Gender and Fair Assessment by Warren W. Willingham (1997-05-01)
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Free-access higher education
Membership
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1955-1959. Fellow American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Council on Measurement in Education (director), American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Society, CAEL (honorary life member), Sigma Xi.
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Married Anna Michal, March 17, 1954. Children: Sherry, Judith, Daniel.
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