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.
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It is a terrible thing to lose ones mind, or not have one at all. How true that is
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!”
Multiple choice is the highest academic standard of retards.
Giving ‘dummy down’ a whole new dimension!!
The dumber citizens are, the better.
The Kru Krux Kran is sneaky that way.
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.
Inskrutable, even.
Much easier to herd.
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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.
The SAT will only judge race, ethnicity, gender and political affiliation.
Today a collage degree is nothing more than a participation trophy.
‘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...
‘Today a collage degree is nothing more than a participation trophy.’
or you might say a bachelor of arts and crafts...
HS ping.
Why not just simplify and just make the application consist of one question.
What Race Are You?
The SAT should just add a mandatory section on ‘hood street smarts. /s
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.
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