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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS students should get one bite at the apple. ACT, SAT, their choice. But one at bat. That’s it. This super scoring horseshit is the one of the most bizarre developments since I was applying to college hundreds of years ago.[/quote]

Here comes the one-and-done-1600 mom pushing her kid's interests.  If her kid hadn't lucked out that day, she'd be singing a different tune. [/quote]i

I’m fine with taking it more than one, but no super-scoring.  That’s how it was in the 80s.

It was so weird to me to find people can now combine subscores from different test sittings.

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What do you think the test score measures, if the same student can get 2 different scores?[/quote]

Data has shown scores do not rise dramatically between different sittings, but sometimes a particular test may be harder than a different sitting. And, sometimes a kid may be slightly under the weather. Or, they take it Fall of junior year but then after a year of more course work, maturity they take it again Fall of senior year and score better.

We aren’t talking dramatic swings, but even in the 80s two sittings was always recommended- unless of course you scored a perfect score.[/quote]
I graduated high school in the early 90s, and yes this is true.  It was recommended to take it in spring of junior year and then again in fall of senior year.
And perfect scores were SO rare.  I remember reading in the newspaper once around the time I was taking it--I think there were only 16 or 17 students in the entire country that got a perfect score.[/quote]

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