SAT

[Unkotare]

A surprising number of seniors in the high school where I teach have never even heard of the SAT. On the other hand, many of the students I tutor in very wealthy towns have been studying for it since before middle school. And people wonder why there are such disparities in results.

 

[MarathonMike]

Many major colleges and universities are now waiving SAT/ACT requirements. But I'm guessing those kids who never heard of the SAT don't have the best GPAs either.

 

[Unkotare]

Many major colleges and universities are now waiving SAT/ACT requirements. But I'm guessing those kids who never heard of the SAT don't have the best GPAs either.

Perhaps more relevant is that far fewer of them have any intention of attending college.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The SAT/ACT test how well people can take test, nothing more.

 

[Unkotare]

The SAT/ACT test how well people can take test, nothing more.

Not so.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Not so.

Then how can a class that focuses on how to take the ACT increase a person's score by 6 points, from 24 to 30?

 

[MarathonMike]

The SAT/ACT test how well people can take test, nothing more.

How well a person performs under pressure maybe accounts for a 100 point swing either way. The SAT/ACT is the only way you can accurately measure a student's academic readiness. Grade inflation and inconsistency has rendered GPAs almost meaningless.

 

[Unkotare]

Then how can a class that focuses on how to take the ACT increase a person's score by 6 points, from 24 to 30?

When you study the content that will be on a test, you generally do better on that test. When you become more familiar with the format of a test, you generally do better on that test.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Perhaps more relevant is that far fewer of them have any intention of attending college.

The Few Who Belong in College Must Get the Same Thing Preppies Get

Going to college should not be a choice any more than playing college football is a choice. Talent must be chosen and given a lifestyle it deserves.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Then how can a class that focuses on how to take the ACT increase a person's score by 6 points, from 24 to 30?

Preparation Is the Most Important Part of Any Achievement

 

[Unkotare]

The Few Who Belong in College Must Get the Same Thing Preppies Get

Going to college should not be a choice any more than playing college football is a choice. Talent must be chosen and given a lifestyle it deserves.

Completely stupid.

 

[Rawley]

A surprising number of seniors in the high school where I teach have never even heard of the SAT. On the other hand, many of the students I tutor in very wealthy towns have been studying for it since before middle school. And people wonder why there are such disparities in results.

Bad parenting.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

The SAT/ACT test how well people can take test, nothing more.

You must have done badly at it.

I remember thinking it was a very accurate assessment when I took it back on 1972.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Bad parenting.

Typically, Isaac Newton's Parents Even Thought Learning to Read Was a Waste of Time

You can no more blame parents' disinterest for that than blame it for failure to make a school sports team. Compare everything to the productive way sports are done and you will realize why education is such an unmotivating and unnatural scheme to shrink-wrap intelligence.

 

[Unkotare]

Beat that dead horse.