Tagged: "Standardized Tests"
SAT vs. ACT: What is the Real Difference?
You may be spending your summer studying for the dreaded standardized tests, but have you ever really considered the difference between the SAT and ACT? Have you ever stopped to think about which exam might be better for you? On the Surface: The ACT is considered to be a curriculum-based exam, meaning it is based [...]
Colleges Discuss the Inherent Weaknesses of ACT and SAT Tests
The big show at last week’s conference of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling was a report by NACAC examining the role of SAT and ACT tests in the college admissions process. Essentially, the report called upon colleges to look more carefully at the role of these tests, and called into question their true [...]
National Counseling Association Considers Value of SAT & ACT
The National Association for College Admissions Counseling is releasing a report this week to coincide with its national convention that questions the importance of standardized testing in the college admissions process. For the first time, NACAC takes the stance that standardized testing may not, actually, be essential in evaluating candidates for admission, and encourages colleges [...]
Socio-Economic and Racial Disparities Reflected in SAT Scores
It it no surprise whatsoever that black and brown students score lower on standardized tests than their white and yellow peers. This fact is one more indicator of the “achievement gap” between minority students and white students in the United States. (For more on this, see the article from Inside Higher Ed). Some analysts are [...]
SAT Will Allow Students To Submit Best Scores To Colleges
The recent announcement by the College Board, the owner of the SAT test, to allow students who take the test two or more times to submit individual scores to the colleges to which they apply, will have absolutely no effect on the way colleges evaluate applicants. As reported in the LA Times, the College Board [...]
The SAT, ACT, and "Test Optional" Admissions
Wake Forest, a small selective college in North Carolina, recently made the decision to allow applicants to not submit ACT or SAT scores. Thus Wake Forest joins the list of “test optional” colleges, a list that includes Smith College, Bowdoin College, Connecticut College, and hundreds of others. One of the main reasons colleges cite for [...]
ACT vs. SAT
Clients ask all the time whether they should take the ACT or the SAT tests to prepare for college. Here is what my colleague, Nancy Nitardy, has to say about these tests. Nancy Nitardy is the author of Get Paid to Play, THE book for student athletes as they navigate the athletic recruiting process. Nancy [...]
The Upside of State Standardized Tests: A Student Speaks
A perceptive, reflective, high school junior in Denver wrote an opinion piece that appeared in the Sunday edition of the Denver Post yesterday. In it, Jennifer Luo remarks that her years of taking standardized tests, filling out bubble sheets, thinking about pacing, reviewing and revising answers, and managing the stress of taking the state standardized [...]
Feeding Frenzy: The SATs, Grade Inflation, and Colorado Students
I attended a counselor briefing organized by the Colorado Council on High School / College Relations. I’m a member, and this annual event is designed to give counselors an update on what’s new at the Colorado colleges and universities. One little statistic caught my attention. The presenter from the western regional office of the College [...]
The "Frenzy" Over Standardized Tests
A recent editorial in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram discusses the pros and cons of trying to prepare for the SAT in order to raise scores and make oneself more desirable for admission to top schools. The author, Mitchell Schnurman, decries the fact that the SATs and ACTs are too important in judging the worth of [...]
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