[nmh]

“I was thinking the same thing. The SAT’s are the only purely objective messurement. GPA’s can be tinkered with. Letters of recommendation can be complete fiction. It seems that the SAT’s or a standardized objectively graded national test is the only way.”

EXACTLY and WHY many want to get rid of them.

They don’t want OBJECTIVE measurement. They either didn’t work hard or afraid of not comparing well to others.

[bill1952]

EXACTLY and WHY many want to get rid of them.

[Pure Country]

I have a problem with SAT’s and ACT’s. My kids did horrible on both of them although they were honor students in high school. The scores from testing put one—who graduated high in her class taking honors classes—under probation to get into college. She was an honor student in college as were the other two. Oh and by the way, her IQ shows up at 104-6 on all IQ testing throughout school. ACT a 17. She is in her mid thirties and has managed for large companies and been highly successful. My son is an engineer who scored a whopping 18 on the ACT, although his IQ always tested in the upper 130’s.

My kids are intelligent, but not test takers. I have no clue why that is, whether they freeze up or what, but if they had to depend on Achievement test scores to get into college, they would never have made it.

Our third one just graduated college at 20 (another ACT 18 scorer) and is going the same route of success as the other two. Beats the tar out of me.