Today, the SAT I play's an important role in young high schools student's college careers. ... The original test, known as the "Army Alpha" was an IQ test administered by the United States Army to evaluate the intelligence of new recruits. ... In 1933, President of Harvard University James Bryant Conant, implemented a new scholarship program for academically gifted males. ... For example, in 1999 the College Board reported that the average score for college bound women was 43 points below the average score for a college bound man. ... Among high school seniors who entered college in...

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The SATs have often showed inconsistencies in the scores of different ethnicities and sexes. ... I believe that income does play a role into SAT scores, but will address that issue later. ... In light of the previously mentioned problems that have risen because of the SATs, some college administrators have considered eliminating the SATs. ... In addition to this, the admissions process will include the use of SAT II scores. ... From this, it is evident that a student's feats cannot be determined simply by an SAT score....

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The SAT test is the oldest and most widely used college entrance exam. ... (Jencks and Phillips 458) And although females earn higher grades in high school and college, in 2002 their sat scores were 39 points lower than males. ... Hundreds of the College Board's own statistics illustrate a nearly linear association between the family income and SAT scores. ... As it is now, there is too much emphasis placed on SAT scores. ... Test makers should design a newer test that draws from nationally standardized high school material, or tests should be made specific by the colleges themselves to ...

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In 1938 the idea of using the SAT as a uniform exam was brought to the attention of the College Board. However, it was only until after World War II that the SAT became a test for all college applicants. ... The SAT is a test designed to determine how well a student will do in the first semester of college. ... The score of the SAT cannot inform a college whether or not a student is a late-bloomer and furthermore that the student would be able to regain what they lost in their sophomore and junior year. ... A study of the 1989 applicants to five highly selective universities found that white...

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Eventually, Carl Brigham adapted the army's IQ test for use in college admissions and Chauncey reported back to Conant about the new SAT test. ... Second, studies have been done that show that high school grades and SAT scores combined are good predictors of how well a student will do in their first semester at college. The College Board says that, across many colleges, SAT scores improve the correlation between admissions predictions and GPA realities by 10%. 10% can mean a lot to large colleges, like Berkley, that receives in excess of 40,000 applications per year. ... Finally, the...

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"You must take the SAT's to get into college," said one of my high school teachers, "they won't even look at your application without the score." ... So of course I got into several colleges with a score of 900 but it wasn't my score, because it was fairly low, it was just the college. ... But some colleges do look at the score and only go by that which leads me to my thesis that the SAT is a useless exam that should be banned. ... The SAT is so hyped up that colleges only look at that score which determines if you get into the college. ... Someone in Wisconsin learned ce...

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However, with the drainage that is occurring from the lottery that is funding the scholarship, we as Georgia residents have to face reality and set a new bar for the free College tuition handout. ... The only requirements to receive free tuition and books at a public University is a "B" average, no SAT examination scores. This may have something to do, however, with the state of Georgia being ranked 50th for average SAT scores. ... If the state of Georgia wants to score better on the exams then they must put more emphasize on them and what more of an incentive than a free ride through coll...

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The SAT I exam can be proven to be inadequate at measuring a student's academic ability in college. ... The students who can afford these programs are will most likely score higher on the SAT I exam. ... "The new SAT is intended to measure academic preparedness." ... There will be the problem of students who have the capability of learning and doing well in college but lack the instruction that they need to achieve a high score on the SAT exam. ... The new SAT I exam may be a start but is not the answer to the problem. ...

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Those who do well on the SATs most likely took steps such as enrolling in expensive classes in order to ensure an advantageous score. ... SAT scores help colleges identify students that they feel have potential to do well at that particular college. ... It's so frightening to think that colleges care way more about my SAT scores than all the work and effort I've put in at high school. ... A simple four digit score is going to have such a strong impact on my college acceptance. ... The new SAT test is making improvements in this flawed test. ...

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Well, certainly every college has their image of a successful student, or rather "the" successful student. It is the student that they want to attend their college, walk down their halls and call their name alma mater. ... The student with the 4.0 GPA and the 1600 SAT scores is the best, for they have achieved the most. ... This pupil may still hold a low GPA, and may have done horribly on their SAT's as far as any descent college is concerned. ... In the often so solemn classroom learning something new brings a smile to this student's face. ...

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For example, the SAT predicts performance in the first year of college. ... Norms show the comparison of the performance of new groups of test takers with the samples of students on whom the test was standardized. ... "Numerous studies show that the SAT scores explain just about 16 percent of the variation in actual freshman grades. ... The overwhelmingly majority of colleges are not selective, so a low SAT score will rarely keep a student out of college. Even at the most selective college, the SAT is seldom used alone by college admissions staff to make decisions" (Phelps). ...

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In May 2002, The Chattanooga Times ran a story entitled, "New test for athletics. ... Every week new controversies arise. ... An example of this is shown through a sample of thirty-two ACT and thirteen SAT scores from Tennessee football players who entered school from 1995-1999. The average ACT scores were 17.75 out of 36, while the average of the SAT scores was 845 out of 1,600. University of Tennessee statistics say that the average incoming freshman in 2000 scored 23.9 on the ACT or 1,113 on the SAT. ...

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Next, is to place students in these levels will be determined through multiple measures, including SAT scores, GPAs, high school transcript data, essay placements, and/or alternative assessment instruments. ... I strongly believe this new Law will help students get farther in their college career. ... I am not intrigued as much as I would be if I were learning a new topic for the first time. ... Consequently, Time is also another factor in remedial courses, when I signed up for a two year college no one had told me it could take longer to complete based on my Accuplacer scores. ... In addit...

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The University of Michigan rates students on a scale that awards points for SAT scores, High school grades, and race. A perfect SAT score is worth 12 points, but being black gets you 20 points. ... He took all the AP classes that the school offered, had a PSAT score of 1480, a SAT score of 1360 and an ACT score of thirty-one. He was in the top five to ten percent of college applicant's nation wide. ... College students oppose affirmative action, but believe that there needs to be a new device to receive diversity. ...

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This statistic isn't enough evidence to support a theory for admissions, so I researched SAT scores. ... In Division 1A schools the average SAT score of a high profile athlete is 917. ... The SAT score however does not back up a Marymount University athlete. The average SAT score of a high profile athlete at a Division III University is an 1126. ... Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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This statistic isn't enough evidence to support a theory for admissions, so I researched SAT scores. ... In Division 1A schools the average SAT score of a high profile athlete is 917. ... The SAT score however does not back up a Marymount University athlete. The average SAT score of a high profile athlete at a Division III University is an 1126. ... Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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Many colleges are lowering their academic standards in order to recruit new athletes and to maintain their previous athletes eligible to play for the various sports that their schools offer. ... There were 12 NCAA violations found in these two colleges alone, and these are not the only colleges that are not playing by the NCAA's rulebook. ... When 6-foot-9-inch basketball star Kevin Ross played for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, he didn't even know the score (Charen 420). Literally he wasn't able to interpret the score of the game, all he knew was whether his team w...

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According to a critic on affirmative action, "A college board survey, described in Andrew Hacker's Two Nations, in 1992 the average combined SAT score for black students whose parents earn more than $70,000 a year was 854, which was twenty-five points lower than the average SAT for white students whose parents earn less than $20,000 a year." ... Family incomes have less to do with SAT scores than the efforts students put into their studies. ... A projection done by the San Jose Tribune suggests that by the year 2000, white males will make up only 10% of new hires. ...

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The average person fighting against the use of standardized testing will often relate it to college admissions and financial aid. ... It is often stated that statistically females score lower on standardized tests such as the SATs and ACTs. This leads to a disadvantage in being accepted to schools with a minimum SAT requirement and can also lead to a disadvantage in receiving scholarships based on test scores. ... College admission, scholarship eligibility, and class placement in schools are all issues controlled by standardized testing. ... It is true that females have a lower score avera...

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The SAT was developed in the 1930s to help selective colleges identify talented students from mediocre high schools who performed poorly on traditional achievements tests because they had not studied the relevant subject matter (Asberry 1997). ... In the 1960s a great amount of black students in selective colleges became a political issue Black college applicants scored below whites on all sort of tests. But whereas low scores on conventional achievement tests merely suggest that all black students were poorly prepared for college, low scores on something called an " aptitude" test suggest t...

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This was my first college football game. It's nothing new, since I lived in a college town all my life and frequently went to the games. ... This prediction was proved when an Arizona player intercepted the ball on the first play of the game and scored a touchdown. ... My insight related to the college games back home. ... I had sat in the student section a few times before (illegally), but it still doesn't compare to the sense of belonging and community that this game had....

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Many state boards of education use these results to determine state funding in addition to any new educational reforms and policies. ... A major part of a high school junior's life is dedicated to taking the SAT and ACT tests, filling out applications, visiting colleges, and keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that they will get in to their college of choice. ... The colleges" nice way of stating this minimum is as the average scores of their attending students. ... The SAT, in addition to showing which students get into which colleges, is also a red flag in showing how standardize...

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Colleges and Universities utilize the ACT's and/or the SAT's as the most reliable and unbiased source to compare applicants. ... This will make the students college experience much more enjoyable, profitable, and worthwhile. ... Tests scores show that there is a divide in performance based on socioeconomic class. Normally, upper class students score higher than lower class. ... The government, colleges, and because students are assessed equally through the use of ACTs and SATs causes reason for standardized testing to stay obligated for students to take. ...

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I was one of those kids who was smart, but thought college just was not for me. I kept my grades high, but thought college was not for me. ... Sophomore year I continued to excel in in my education, but college was still not clear. I had no idea what SAT or ACT tests were, but certainly I heard all of my peers sharing their scores amongst themselves. ... I remember the day the AP meeting was held at the Citrus Hill theater, there I was, proving to myself that I was ready to accept new challenges. ...

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