Should Colleges Consider SAT/ACT Scores?

Should Colleges Consider SAT/ACT Scores?

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?

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Mark Truman
If only...

Just to be clear, I am not arguing against the SAT/ACT being used as a sole determinant for college because that's not what happens. Never does an SAT/ACT keep a student... Read More

- Mark Truman | December 8, 2008 9:03AM

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