Trembling hands, flying graphite, nervous sweat. Anyone who's taken a standardized test recognizes those symptoms instantly. Millions of students take the SAT and ACT tests each year in hopes of earning admission to their dream college, but a growing movement insists these standardized tests are an unfair and inaccurate measure of academic worth. Should colleges continue to consider these tests when determining their future alumni?
Executive Director - Omniac Education
Did you know the ACT Science sections requires no knowledge of any
science? Did you know that the hardest concepts tested on the SAT Math
are beginning Algebra II? Did you know that when grading the ACT and
SAT Essays, essay graders are forbidden from marking a student's essay
down for incorrect facts?
The Tests have a noble goal, (Predict a student's success!) but they
fail to address the concepts students are seeing in school and
increasingly rely on developing tricky questions instead of difficult,
content based material. With more and more students taking Calculus in
high school, how can we take seriously any exam that focuses on
Pre-Algebra?
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