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onetexan

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29. Therein lies the problem. Note these tests are owned by private companies and it's all about money.
Fri May 22, 2020, 03:23 PM
May 2020

The harder the test the more prestige. Baloney that it should be used as a tool for admission criteria.

But these tests don't test critical reasoning. The SAT is mostly a vocabulary and reading test pnwmom May 2020 #1
GOOD!!! LovingA2andMI May 2020 #2
You're conflating the fitness of the SAT and ACT admissions tests with the general public's lack of Yavin4 May 2020 #3
Then how come the SAT was called the SAT Reasoning Test? alp227 May 2020 #6
Most students do well based on the prep courses and other materials JI7 May 2020 #9
They thought it worked as a "brand," since they decided calling it an "Aptitude" test pnwmom May 2020 #11
I did shitty on my SATs, but I got through undergrad with little to no problem. Yavin4 May 2020 #21
Another thing some people don't realize is that some of the best students pnwmom May 2020 #28
Do you have kids in school now? Yavin4 May 2020 #20
Therein lies the problem. Note these tests are owned by private companies and it's all about money. onetexan May 2020 #29
spend your entire high school yrs playing w/your phone in class and can't pass the SAT? msongs May 2020 #4
Who wants to pay higher education money when you can't go to the higher education campus? Initech May 2020 #5
I agree LeftInTX May 2020 #7
They often benefit those with money and hurt the poor JI7 May 2020 #8
If prep courses improve your score... Yavin4 May 2020 #22
It's always been the ability to take the test. JI7 May 2020 #23
Not enough enrollees due to costs rickyhall May 2020 #10
Standards in teaching should not be dropped BUT onlyadream May 2020 #12
The common core has big intrinsic problems too, though. Squinch May 2020 #14
Common core isn't perfect but onlyadream May 2020 #32
I don't think Smith and Chicago are dumbing down anything. Squinch May 2020 #13
The SAT test has its origins in anti-Semitism. madaboutharry May 2020 #15
Standardized test scores are not the best predictors of college success. Lonestarblue May 2020 #16
I learn more off well-selected YouTube and Open Culture than I did in most college courses bucolic_frolic May 2020 #17
So now we are saying the only thing SAT and ACT measured is White cultural bias and vocabulary? Ford_Prefect May 2020 #18
The SAT and ACT was the only way I got into college as a non diagnosed dyslexic in '69. marble falls May 2020 #19
I agree, teach critical reasoning, and dump SAT/ACT biased by design against the underprivileged. 0nirevets May 2020 #24
It's possible to be pro intellectualism AND be against the SAT/ACT tests Yavin4 May 2020 #25
But don't good grades come FROM understanding the material? alp227 May 2020 #26
To a large extent, education today has become a giant video game... Yavin4 May 2020 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar May 2020 #30
I understand the objection to these tests, but.... Happy Hoosier May 2020 #31
Hmmm.... Xolodno May 2020 #33
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