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[quote=Anonymous]PP.  I think the problems with testing were exacerbated by College Board's gradual move from what was more of an ability test in the 80s to the achievement test of academic skills that it is today (a purported measuring stick against Common Core), and all the murkiness in between.  There seemed to be a large disconnect between its purpose (which was different things to different people with different agendas) and the reality.

Coleman explicitly made the current test more preppable via Khan, etc. but measuring high school academic skills achievement-style exacerbates the divide between students attending better and worse high schools.  Makes it more difficult to find that diamond in the rough.  The test is less a counterpoint to grades than a confirmation of them (or not, thanks to grade inflation).

And then there's ACT, the test of speed.

If I were College Board, I'd replace Coleman immediately.  There have been more than enough disasters under his management.  Hate to say it, but the way College Board could crawl back would be with another redesign, if it's clearly thought out, maybe a return to the early 1990s or something.[/quote]

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