... test can, or will, actually ascertain an individual's success in college is backed, at best, by only a modicum of evidence. Simply put: SAT's do not provide an accurate or reliable indication of an individual's future college success. This Scholastic Aptitude Test originated from the Alpha Army and was ... role of teaching in many schools, and replaced investigation and exploration with memorization and repetition,"" (Houston). However according to the College Board, the SAT was designed with question types that reflect or show your reasoning abilities, not just the amount of informatio...

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... natural nor inevitable, and it does not apportion opportunity equally or fairly" (www.the-big-test.com). When the test was originally introduced, the letters SAT stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test. This is no longer the case. The College Board (the organization that sponsors the SATs) got rid of the acronym ... were over 70 centers devoted to tutoring students on how to ready themselves for the SATs and other standardized tests. Kaplan takes "a textbook approach to the studying SAT - viewing it as a better-than-nothing gage of college applicants" (www.pbs.org). This, however, is not the ...

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... says a lot more than one test. Therefore, something must be done to change this unjust testing system because it proves nothing about an individual. The ACT and SAT have caused many headaches through the years, and for a useless purpose. There are millions of fully qualified individuals left out of their primary college choice every year ... because they failed to meet their required ACT or SAT score. It is not fair to judge twelve years of education on one test. During the course of a students 12 or 13 year career in school ... is, colleges look at a student's transcript and see a 3.8 G...

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... at my score report- an 800. I rubbed my eyes and shook my head to see if I was dreaming. The score still read 800. I hold score, shaking, and motionless. I had known SAT score was going to be challenge exam, but the result still shocked me. Throughout my school career education. I felt I was always felt intelligent and determined, but when I took the ... skill to do college work. My father was inspiration when I was struggling. During the school year I had no time to study the SAT. Time consuming activities such as a job, homework, and community service occupied a large part of the day....

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... , and high school students can lost as much as two weeks worth of class time (Bizar, 2001). Those numbers do not even take into account the amount of heavy-duty studying is conducted before exam week. Most or all of the information being taught in class is geared specifically for the test. Jeanne Heifetz, a columnist for the New York Daily News ... summed it up best by saying "If it's on the Regents test, it counts. If not, fuhgeddaboudit (sic) ". Schools are also being forced to cut programs such as recess, studying of the arts, and other programs that do not serve as preparation for th...

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... thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, curiosity, endurance, reliability, enthusiasm, self-discipline, leadership, courage, compassion, resourcefulness, sense of wonder, honesty, integrity." Universities have a tunnel vision perception by emphasizing SAT scores, which is an objective learning strategic that does not measure important qualities in a student. By analyzing the context of standardized tests and the emphases that is set on this ... . On the other hand, reliability is the ability of the individual to continuously provide the same score. Standardized tests do not offer ...

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