NACAC is pleased to present the Foundations of Standardized Admission Testing suite of offerings covering the core concepts of standardized admission testing. Developed in response to the recommendations of the NACAC Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admission, critical topics, such as an overview of institutional objectives for the use of admission tests, ethics/ethical standards in admission testing, admission test properties, test preparation, score disparity, statistical and interpretive concepts, predictive validity, and admission models, are included in the program.
The suite includes:
1) The textbook, Foundations of Standardized Admission Testing. This is the first text to objectively evaluate and analyze one of the critical – and hotly debated – concepts of the college admission counseling profession.
View the 
Table of Contents and introductions to each of the chapters of Foundations.
Order a copy of Foundations ($85 member/$115 nonmember).
2) Regional trainings of Foundations of Standardized Admission Testing – Concepts for College Admission Professionals will walk participants through the critical knowledge aspects of the textbook and further prepare participants for the Foundations online assessment.
Your participation in these one-of-a-kind trainings will illustrate your commitment to the profession and provide assurance to students, parents, principals, presidents, and other stakeholders that your professional practice is informed by well-understood, documented knowledge of the cornerstone concepts behind the profession.
Each seminar costs $125 per person and includes a copy of the Foundations textbook, refreshments and a 10 percent discount to take the online Foundations assessment.
- Thursday, September 30
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
St. Louis, MO
This is a preconference workshop preceding the NACAC National Conference.
Register NOW!
Note: Follow the prompts and select T300 as the preconference seminar you wish to attend.
Can’t make any of these training opportunities? NACAC is currently working on the schedule for 2011, so stay tuned and check this site frequently for updated dates and times of future trainings.
3) The Foundations Online Assessment has been designed as the foremost certification recognizing individuals who have achieved comprehensive understanding of the issues of standardized admission testing. The assessment increases the proficiency of college admission counseling professionals by:
- Identifying and establishing a level of knowledge and performance necessary for certification
- Advancing the body of knowledge within the college admission counseling profession
- Increasing the value of college admission counseling professionals to their employers and the students and families they serve
- Recognizing and raising professional standards, practices and ethics
- The online assessment will be available in June 2010. More information will be available on this page in May.
Be one of the first to know the ins and outs of standardized admission testing!
For more information, contact pd@nacacnet.org.