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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the way, notice how the only way to compare the academic caliber of schools is by looking at test score data? This is why testing will never go away. No other way to differentiate. Here we are figuring out which schools are better on the basis of the percentage of students that are not test optional. [/quote]

PP, obviously test scores are important to you and a handful of other frequent posters. That doesn't mean that your statement above - "the only way to compare the academic caliber of schools is by looking at test score data" - is remotely accurate. Just because you keep saying something is true doesn't make it so.[/quote]

NP. I don’t have any problem with colleges offering seats to studio art majors and the like without regard to test scores. But my kid likes math. I’ve noticed that even ODU requires a 740 SAT Math score to place into Calc I. (And yes, even “test optional” schools require math placement tests.) And this problem is especially acute at small campuses. If a LAC only enrolls 400 students per year, and only 50% submit test scores, and only 50% of them score over 700 math, how many STEM departments can the campus even support? [/quote]

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