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Retooling During Pandemic, the SAT Will Drop Essay and Subject Tests
New York Times ^ | January 19, 2021 | Anemona Hartocollis, Kate Taylor and Stephanie Saul

Posted on 01/21/2021 8:12:31 AM PST by karpov

In the latest sign of trouble for the standardized testing empire that has played a major role in college applications for millions of students, the organization that produces the SAT said on Tuesday that it would scrap subject tests and the optional essay section, further scrambling the admissions process.

The move comes as the testing industry has been battered by questions about equity and troubled by logistical and financial challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.

Critics saw the changes not as an attempt to streamline the test-taking process for students, as the College Board portrayed the decision, but as a way of placing greater importance on Advanced Placement tests, which the board also produces, as a way for the organization to remain relevant and financially viable.

“The SAT and the subject exams are dying products on their last breaths, and I’m sure the costs of administering them are substantial,” said Jon Boeckenstedt, the vice provost for enrollment management at Oregon State University.

The main SAT, taken by generations of high school students applying to college, consists of two sections, one for math and the other for reading and writing. But since at least the 1960s, students have also had the option of taking subject tests to show their mastery of subjects like history, languages and chemistry. Colleges often use the tests to determine where to place students for freshman courses, especially in the sciences and languages.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: arth; collegeadmissions; collegeboard; frhf; sat; standardizedtests
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The SAT subject tests are 1-hour tests distinct from the general SAT, on subjects such as precalculus, foreign languages, and the natural sciences. They were meant to test what is typically covered in a high school course, whereas Advanced Placement exams test the material in a freshman college course. I think it's too bad subject tests are going away, but standardized tests are politically incorrect nowadays because of their "disparities". White supremacists have cleverly engineered exams on which Asians get the highest scores on average /s.
1 posted on 01/21/2021 8:12:31 AM PST by karpov
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It is a terrible thing to lose ones mind, or not have one at all. How true that is


2 posted on 01/21/2021 8:15:31 AM PST by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: karpov

After two more years of lockdown the test will just be submitting a video of yourself being able to get out of bed and shouting “Biden über alles!”


3 posted on 01/21/2021 8:17:17 AM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: karpov

Multiple choice is the highest academic standard of retards.


4 posted on 01/21/2021 8:19:22 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: karpov

Giving ‘dummy down’ a whole new dimension!!


5 posted on 01/21/2021 8:20:36 AM PST by SMARTY (“If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.” Winston Churchill)
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To: karpov

The dumber citizens are, the better.


6 posted on 01/21/2021 8:23:34 AM PST by brownsfan (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: karpov
White supremacists have cleverly engineered exams on which Asians get the highest scores on average /s.

The Kru Krux Kran is sneaky that way.

7 posted on 01/21/2021 8:26:51 AM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: karpov
In most sane countries that are stupid enough to provide free education for their kids, they at least use tests to funnel the kids into the most appropriate level in order to maximize the benefit to their societies.

America is about to engage in the most stupidest educational program imaginable: send all kids to college for free regardless of whether or not they are prepared.

This is utter madness.

8 posted on 01/21/2021 8:28:41 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Inskrutable, even.


9 posted on 01/21/2021 8:29:11 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: brownsfan

Much easier to herd.


10 posted on 01/21/2021 8:29:20 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: brownsfan

U tank tey kould louer the rhim-ma-tek nummers 2? I hav proobems wit nummers greaater tan sixxx.


11 posted on 01/21/2021 8:30:04 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: karpov

The SAT is a waste of time. There should be two questions:

Are you the child of a white liberal elites?

Are you the child of a “pet victim group” of white liberal ‘elites’?

Then academia should draw the ‘winning’ names out of a hat... Our children would be better off NOT attending these ‘higher propaganda’ factories.


12 posted on 01/21/2021 8:38:26 AM PST by GOPJ (Please don't post Twitter, starve the beast. Freeper RBW in PA)
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To: karpov

The SAT will only judge race, ethnicity, gender and political affiliation.


13 posted on 01/21/2021 8:43:33 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Who the hell would throw shit at a fan?)
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To: karpov

Today a collage degree is nothing more than a participation trophy.


14 posted on 01/21/2021 8:46:23 AM PST by usurper ( version )
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To: brownsfan

‘The dumber citizens are, the better.’

seeing a woman, masked to the hilt, walk out into the street to avoid passing me on a sidewalk reminds me of how dumb people, particularly easily frightened females, really are...


15 posted on 01/21/2021 8:46:28 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: usurper

‘Today a collage degree is nothing more than a participation trophy.’

or you might say a bachelor of arts and crafts...


16 posted on 01/21/2021 8:48:22 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: metmom

HS ping.


17 posted on 01/21/2021 8:51:18 AM PST by upchuck ("When anything gets too numerous it's likely to get hit by some plague" ~ Ish in "Earth Abides")
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To: karpov

Why not just simplify and just make the application consist of one question.

What Race Are You?


18 posted on 01/21/2021 8:54:29 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: karpov

The SAT should just add a mandatory section on ‘hood street smarts. /s


19 posted on 01/21/2021 8:56:53 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (White Privilege does NOT begin with Being White but when you ACT "WHITE"! So, -- ACT "WHITE"!)
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To: karpov

Can you spell dumming down?

The SAT was already in a steep downhill slide with all the changes that have been made in the last 15 years. After these latest “retooling efforts,” the test is truly worthless.


20 posted on 01/21/2021 8:58:47 AM PST by upchuck ("When anything gets too numerous it's likely to get hit by some plague" ~ Ish in "Earth Abides")
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