Physics GRE Discussion Forums

I was contacted by someone looking in to the possibility of the APS (American Physical Society) collecting data on how the GRE tests (subject and general) are used in the graduate admission process in the United States. He asked me the following:

Are there people who have studied [the use of the GRE] significantly in physics or physical sciences, especially w/respect to how the GRE exhibits biases toward or against underrepresented groups (in this case either women or minorities)?

I don't recall anything, so I thought I'd ask here, since we have a pretty active community obviously invested in this question. I was left with the impression that official (published) and unofficial studies are both welcome; they're in the process of collecting information on what kind of opinions/facts/data is out there already.

Does anyone know of any studies, or have any informed opinions? I'll forward whatever's posted here.

Off the top of my head, I can only remember this: http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews ... gender.cfm

blighter wrote:Off the top of my head, I can only remember this: http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews ... gender.cfm

Cool. Thanks! Anyone else?

Astro department at UC Boulder:
http://www.aas.org/cswa/status/2005/JUN ... oolII.html

Science Mag article (your school has to have a subscription to read it)
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/274/5288/710

ol wrote:Astro department at UC Boulder:
http://www.aas.org/cswa/status/2005/JUN ... oolII.html

Science Mag article (your school has to have a subscription to read it)
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/274/5288/710

Awesome, thanks!