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09-22-2008, 09:58 AM
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How Useful Are Standardized Tests, Really?
How Useful Are Standardized Tests, Really?
by RS Davis The Freedom Files  Hello Freedomphiles! What's the best indicator of how a student will do in college? Is it their high school GPA? Many brilliant people really don't buckle down until college. Is it their extra-curricular activities? Is faking social awareness to pad an admissions form useful in college? Is it performance on standardized tests? Inside Higher Ed says maybe not: Colleges that have conducted in-depth analyses of the value of standardized tests have frequently ended up questioning the tests' use. For example, the University of California recently studied whether SAT subject tests helped admissions decisions and found — generally — that they do not. Hamilton College, prior to abandoning an SAT requirement in 2006, conducted a five-year experiment being SAT-optional. During that time, the 40 percent of students who didn't submit SAT scores performed slightly better at Hamilton — a highly competitive liberal arts college — than did those who did submit scores. I think that the single-most important factor of how well a student will do in college is simply how much they want it. A below-average person can do amazingly well if they have the proper motivation to graduate, while the brilliant burnout will leave in less than a year. But the question is - how on earth do we measure that? via reason.
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09-22-2008, 11:03 AM
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I think the standardized tests like the SAT and the ACT (the exam I took) are only good for people who do well on taking tests. I like the idea of using high school GPA.
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09-22-2008, 02:24 PM
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Never a great test-taker, myself. While I do like the idea of standardization and all that, tests are really only part of how to evaluate student acheivement.
If teachers were given the ability to determine which students are worthy of advancement, and which should be remedially left behind, without fear of retribution by interfering parents, etc., I'd like that better. I'd like to see teachng be put back into the hands of the teachers...that's kind of what we pay them for.
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