A record number of colleges drop SAT/ACT admissions requirement amid growing disenchantment with standardized tests

Good news fuh we turd farm drap outs!

Suh how will they screen candidates?

These tests are big money earners.

Baseman posted:

Good news fuh we turd farm drap outs!

Suh how will they screen candidates?

While the testing method is not perfect, there is still no alternative method that truly replaces it. Numbers is still the best index available. How will colleges know who is talented? There is so much opportunities for many more teachers to get into the business like the current admissions scandal if it will depend on teachers recommending who is talented and how much he/she is.

Politics is having a big influence here and I think that after some further evaluation, they will conclude that the political force is once again wrong.

Prashad posted:

These tests are big money earners.

It does not cost as much as what some of those schmucks paid to give their children a 'fair shot'. 

A single test is not a true indicator of a student’s ability.  GPA and High School transcripts are good indicators of a student’s performance as well.  There are students who excel in school but are not good test takers, especially on a 5 hour test. A levels took about 3 hours . I support this move.  Look at our neighbors in Canada, no Standardized tests for college admission and their students do just fine.

The tests are not a true measurement of the student's ability. Rich folks were able to pay private tutors to help their kids. The poor and unfortunate were left behind, granted lots of the poor and unfortunate kids did exceptionally well.

Them kids see the easy way like we politicians...
- Drop out of school and write on line school for 2 weeks and get a doctorate. 

What a mess up world for our grand kids and  great grand kids. 

alena06 posted:

A single test is not a true indicator of a student’s ability.  GPA and High School transcripts are good indicators of a student’s performance as well.  There are students who excel in school but are not good test takers, especially on a 5 hour test. A levels took about 3 hours . I support this move.  Look at our neighbors in Canada, no Standardized tests for college admission and their students do just fine.

I actually agree!  If you cram hard enough, you score well but it does not mean you are a good thinker!

The issue in the US would be the unevenness of the school standards where A's in some schools are B's and C's in others.  

Baseman posted:

alena06 posted:

A single test is not a true indicator of a student’s ability.  GPA and High School transcripts are good indicators of a student’s performance as well.  There are students who excel in school but are not good test takers, especially on a 5 hour test. A levels took about 3 hours . I support this move.  Look at our neighbors in Canada, no Standardized tests for college admission and their students do just fine.

I actually agree!  If you cram hard enough, you score well but it does not mean you are a good thinker!

The issue in the US would be the unevenness of the school standards where A's in some schools are B's and C's in others.  

Alena has authority to speak on this subject as she, her husband, and both of her children are top notch, master class students.

Bibi Haniffa posted:

Baseman posted:

alena06 posted:

A single test is not a true indicator of a student’s ability.  GPA and High School transcripts are good indicators of a student’s performance as well.  There are students who excel in school but are not good test takers, especially on a 5 hour test. A levels took about 3 hours . I support this move.  Look at our neighbors in Canada, no Standardized tests for college admission and their students do just fine.

I actually agree!  If you cram hard enough, you score well but it does not mean you are a good thinker!

The issue in the US would be the unevenness of the school standards where A's in some schools are B's and C's in others.  

Alena has authority to speak on this subject as she, her husband, and both of her children are top notch, master class students.

Me know miss Ivy League.  One test does not tell all about any student!  That’s a widely held and common view!  No one nah fite!!

retrograde

standardized tests remain necessary

it is weed-out predictive in the 1^st 2 years of college

curricula and standards vary too much, and there is no US common core

but i may be biased . . . top 1 percent (99 percentile) - college bound

heh heh heh

ronan posted:

retrograde

standardized tests remain necessary

it is weed-out predictive in the 1^st 2 years of college

curricula and standards vary too much, and there is no US common core

but i may be biased . . . top 1 percent (99 percentile) - college bound

heh heh heh

I agree with you!