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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know three students who got into major reaches this year for what one would expect for them--test optional really helped some kids and I guess hurt the high performing students.[/quote]

How on earth would test optional hurt high performing students?[/quote]

It made the test optional for lesser performing students, who now skate by on some vague criteria.[/quote]

I disagree.  Performing well on a test doesn’t necessarily mean you are smarter or a better student.[/quote]

There is nothing that proves that you are smarter or a better student.      But standardized testing is a useful tool when evaluating students.[/quote]

When evaluating them for what?  And don't just say "qualified for admission", please be specific about personal qualities of a prospective student that standardized testing illustrates.[/quote]

It’s definitely not perfect but I feel that since khan academy is free it is a more useful indicator ([b]since costly prep isn’t necessary.[/b]) It is an additional piece of info. [b]My child worked their tail off[/b] preparing with  khan academy and got upper 1500s. To me that seems more relevant  to her likelihood of success in college than her sports and clubs. [/quote]

There are a whole lot of assumptions in your post -- not every kid is your kid.  My child prepped with Khan Academy for first SAT and their score decreased from PSAT.  For next two SATs, they took a costly prep course (yes, took the course twice) and their scrore increased  both times.  Score increased about 350 points over PSAT by third SAT.  If we couldn't have spent $2400 on test prep, kid's college prospects might have been very different.

Sports and clubs plus grades are a decent indicator of time management skills.

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