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Additional Options

ETS views the nature and results of test
score validity investigations as strictly
confidential. However, we recognize the
possibility that, based on the available
information, other parties could come to
different conclusions about the validity of
a test taker's score. Institutions are not
bound by ETS decisions regarding
questioned test scores, and may make
their own judgments on the usefulness of a
test score for their own decision making.
Therefore, with a test taker's written
authorization and the agreement of the
institution(s) involved, all information
pertinent to the investigation of the score
will be made available by ETS to a
representative of the designated
institution(s).

While examinees should be aware that not all admissions officers may be willing to review the facts and make independent judgments, this is a course of action worth considering.

Finally, each test taker is encouraged to speak with his or her parents, counselor or other advisor before making a final decision regarding the options available to him or her. This is recommended if the test taker is a minor. The Test Security Office is ready to discuss any aspect of this matter with affected examinees, and the Board of Review will reconsider any case in light of such discussion if requested.

Educational Records Bureau (ERB)

Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT)

.EST COLLECTION

The Test Collection is probably the largest open library of
its kind in the world. It provides access to most tests and
assessment devices published in the U.S., as well as
many of those published in foreign countries. Instruments

ERIC/TM CLEARINGHOUSE

cited in the journal literature, but not available through
publishers, are also collected, and some of these can be
obtained in microfiche form from the Test Collection. In
addition, information on test publishers is provided.

microfiche comprise the complete ERIC collection, which
can be accessed through a computer retrieval system.
The ERIC/TM Clearinghouse, located at ETS, is responsi-
ble for documents relating to testing, measurement, eval-
uation, learning theory, and human development.

Supported by the National Institute of Education, each of
the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
clearinghouses is responsible for collecting, cataloging,
indexing, and abstracting unpublished research and de-
velopment documents. Over 170,000 such documents on
PROGRAMS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (PCE)

Programs of Continuing Education (PCE) offers work-
shops at ETS on subjects related to testing, evaluation,
and measurement issues that concern and interest educa-
tors. Topics include assessing basic skills, formative and
summative staff evaluation, assessment of programs in

special education, and analyzing students' writing skills.
PCE also produces instructional packages for use in
school districts' inservice programs. Packages include
content outline or texts, visual aids, background materi-
als, and copy for preparation of handouts.

evaluating writing. Offerings include program and scoring
services, such as the development of placement and de-
scriptive tests of writing ability, and professional develop-
ment workshops and seminars.

PROGRAMS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF WRITING
Programs for the Assessment of Writing reflects ETS's
long-standing interest in the teaching and evaluating of
writing and offers a wide range of program services and
other activities designed to help those in the academic
and business communities concerned with improving and
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

The ETS International Office coordinates overseas activi-
ties of the organization and conducts programs as well as
instructional, research, and consultative projects abroad.
The curriculum of the instructional progam, offered yearly
at ETS, includes techniques in test development and pro-
duction; statistical analysis at the introductory, intermedi-
ate, and advanced levels; and program evaluation. The of-

RESEARCH

fice also provides educational measurement and evalua-
tion workshops and courses tailored to the needs of
groups from particular countries or regions. International
conferences and workshops arranged in the United States
and abroad help to initiate and further collaborative re-
search.

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Education Policy Research Institute

Educational assessment; finance and governance

Measurement, Statistics and Data Analysis Research Educational technology; measurement methodology; psychometric research; scientific programming;

statistical research