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Show Tuesday. January 15. Study Faults Tests for College WASHINGTON (UPI) — High school grades are a better indication of a persen's future academic success than the multiple-choice test scores thatfigure heavily in college admission Policies, consumer researchers say In a 400-page studyof the Educational Testing Service a giant in the college entrance and graduate testing field, Ralph Nader's researchers said the exams do not accurately predict college grades or a student's prospects for career and academic success They also charged the tests discriminate on the basis of race and social class and disputed claims by the testing service that a student can- not be “coached” to do better in the test? The ETSproduces such highly influentat tests as the PreliminaryStatistical Aptitude Test- National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the Scholastic Aptitude Test the Graduate Record Examinations, the Law Schvol Admission Test dents ETS President William Turnbull said Naderis He said OPTED Ha Mercury 50% OFF ALL FOOD ITEMS EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 5 P.M.-8 P.M In California. mud slide warnings werepostedfor Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, but no incidents were reported. 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About 15 homes near the derailment were evacuated butofficials said there was no serious SPECIAL Readings Provo NJ KKK KKREEE National ministration will remove a controver: sial electric heating system after the “the and as the scores dropped, so did the average income of the students’ families out of step with parents and students in con Flooding, Slides Threaten By United Press International A twister-like wind storm hit central California Monday, causing heavy property damagebutno injuries, and the Pacific Northwest prepared for flooding and mudslides with the advance of a new storm Police in Turlock, Calif., reported a funnel cloud passed overthe city about 1:45 p.m. and ripped off several roofs and knocked down powerpoles in its path The twister lifted roofs off a vacant cannery and industrial plant and a witness said the funnellifted several steel beams at another site and hurtled them several hundred feet. The drenching rains that battered northern yney used for installation ofa forced- air heating system in 1969 Nixon has reportedly agreed to pay for a gas heating system as a replacement for the new owners sion that the General Services Ad Single most important characteristic of the test’ is its tendency to rank people by income A study of students taking the 1973-74 SAT showed students with the highest scores came from families with an average incomeof $24 124 Nairn and Nader said previous grades are a far better tool for predicting college success. Part of the settlement involves repayment of $13 500 of taxpayers seaside estate The settlement also includes a provi students consistently fall below the average scores of white middleclass students. but his Western White House Nader's researchers Nairn said the average test scores of minority Blind chance will be 88 percent as accurate in demning the multiple-choice test. vert curate in predicting college grades and perfor mance than the report charged blaming thedis: crepancyon faulty statistical methods used by predicting college grades as the SAT, 87 percent as accurate as the LSAT, 89 percent as accurate as the GRE and 92 percent as accurate as the business school admission test, the report said month the federal government sp Turnbull said ETS tests were far more ac grades only 8 to 15 percent better than the random prediction with a pair of dice. Nixons move to New York City next SAN CLEMENTE. Calif. (UPI Former president Richard M Nixon has agreed to repay $33 295 of the funds whose ability shows up on the vests but whose grades are not outstanding claims its aptitude tests can predict college grades. but the tests on the average ‘‘predict THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—-Page 11 $33,295 to Taxpayers grades vary widely between schools and teachers, and using grades only would “hurt stu the Graduate Management Admission Test and the Multistate Bar Examination Allan Nairn the author of the report. said ETS 1980 Nixon Agrees to Repay MainStreet Phone 798-2885 a agenys LIL tS) FRIDAY & SATURDAY 11 T0. 9:30 ae avin PSOE UL nes = 2:25 Easy Freeway Access Plenty of Parking SAT & SUN 1:30-3:30-5:30 7:30-9:30 4 < 4 il1 s SCORN 1:30 MANN THEATRES 9:30) MANN 4 cena } : 15 N. gyheer SQUARE 6 at 6:30-9:15 MANN THEATRES CENTRAL Ne§SQUARE |