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College Board Scores With Critics of SAT Analogies [No More Verbal Analogy in SAT-more dumbing down]
LA Times ^
| 7/27/03
| By Paul Pringle
Posted on 07/27/2003 4:52:44 AM PDT by randita
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sat27jul27,1,1810756.story?coll=la-home-headlines
College Board Scores With Critics of SAT Analogies
By Paul Pringle
Times Staff Writer
July 27, 2003
The SAT is to college admission ...
" ... As a root canal is to a dentist?" said Peter Lee, 16. He and several other weary-looking high school students had just emerged from a four-hour SAT prep class in Glendale.
"As a root canal is to a patient?" suggested Emin Gharibian, 17.
Neither of those worked for Anthony Kwon, 16. "As a root canal is to pain," he said.
Pain is typically the refrain when college-bound youngsters jaw about the SAT. But some relief is coming. This month, University of California regents approved plans for a revamped SAT that would eliminate its long-maligned analogy section, after more than 70 years of torturing the correlation-challenged.
UC President Richard Atkinson had railed against the analogies, which account for 19 of the SAT's 72 verbal questions, as a memory drill that measured little of a student's potential. He threatened to scrap the SAT as a UC requirement unless the test makers replaced the multiple-choice analogies with reading comprehension questions, added a writing exercise and expanded the math portion.
The College Board, the New York-based firm that owns the SAT, gave Atkinson what he wanted. And no wonder: UC is to the board as General Motors is to U.S. Steel a huge customer. The analogies will disappear in 2005.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: admissions; analogies; englisheducation; sat; sat4dummies; testing; verbal
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posted on
07/27/2003 4:52:44 AM PDT
by
randita
To: randita
Like the Wiz said to the Scarecrow
"You dont need a brain..what you need is a diploma"
2
posted on
07/27/2003 5:03:06 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: joesnuffy
LOL. That about sums it up.
To: ItisaReligionofPeace
I'm a New Yorker. Lived down south for a while. They were giving out awards to kids who had "achieved" a score of 800 TOTAL on the SATs.
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:01:38 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: randita
Coming to a test near you soon...
"What do the letters SAT stand for?"
Anyone know? Anyone care? Oh hell, everyone passes. We can't have egos bruised.
I fear for the future leaders of this country.
To: randita
He and several other weary-looking high school studentsWeary from watching reality tv shows....NOT from crack'n the books, I'm sure.
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:14:34 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Sacajaweau
kids who had "achieved" a score of 800 TOTAL on the SATsDear God!!!
Don't you get 200 for writing your name at the top of the exam?
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:16:06 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Sacajaweau
Who is "they"? Having lived in the South much of my life, I've never heard of such a thing. I have heard of Yankees (especially New Yorkers) thinking that they are the most brilliant of all.
To: Sacajaweau
By definition, half of all students and half of all instructors teaching at a university are below average intelligence for that institution. Invariably the intellectually challenged student will persue an education degree and be taught by academic phonies who people education departments. The result: Since the brightest of women no longer choose teaching for a career, we have produced three generations of mediocrities to teach our children.
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:19:18 AM PDT
by
gaspar
To: Sacajaweau
They were giving out awards to kids who had "achieved" a score of 800 TOTAL on the SATs. Please don't tell me this (although I fear it's true). 800 score puts you in the bottom 14%
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:20:57 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(Java/C++/Unix/Web Developer === will work for food)
To: randita
The NEA is to education, as the UN is to World Peace.
To: randita
Mustn't bother our future leaders with logic - that would be abusive and against their civil rights!
12
posted on
07/27/2003 6:27:02 AM PDT
by
abclily
To: gaspar
With the drive for smaller and smaller class sizes, we have to go further to the left on the bell curve to get the required number of teachers.
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:28:41 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Paranoia is when you realize that tin foil hats just focus the mind control beams.)
To: Semper Paratus
The NEA is to education, as the Communists were to the Soviet Union.
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:29:24 AM PDT
by
abclily
To: KarlInOhio
The drive for smaller class size is motivated by the NEA's desire for more dues-paying members. Smaller class size does not result in higher test scores. Classroom discipline results in higher test scores.
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:32:03 AM PDT
by
abclily
To: randita
we have to make the test totally fair to the stupid ones. After all doesn't the Constituition say we have to make everyone equal? {sarcasm)
To: SauronOfMordor
H°°°, I nearly made that on the math portion of the SAT and that was 12 years ago. Sheesh!
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:36:15 AM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Member of the Dose's Jesus Freaks and Gonzo News Service)
To: Semper Paratus
It all makes the legal system easier.
'white' is to 'guilty of hate crime' as 'black' is to 'victim'
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:38:05 AM PDT
by
Evil Inc
To: SauronOfMordor
Here's the new intellectual challenge with the SAT - Getting a perfect 400 (200+200).
http://www.colinfahey.com/2003apr5_sat/2003apr5_sat.htm
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posted on
07/27/2003 6:55:18 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Slightly off topic, in the NYC public scool system, there are graduation ceremonies for each grade, including cap, gown and diploma, starting from Kindergarten on.
When I was a kid, you got one diploma, period, high school.
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