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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, so have you opted your kid(s) our of the PARCC in DCPS? I do so every year, because PARCC is a poorly written, unnecessarily lengthy, widely discredited corporate 10-hour test given to 8 year-olds, crafted and graded by a British company vs. an American one.

The SAT has been around since 1926, helping tens of millions of low and moderate-income students prove their value to elite colleges through four or five generations. You can throw the baby out with the bathwater because Banneker students don't get the prep to collectively shine on the SAT, or you can see the forest for the trees.

Test optional doesn't mean that the SAT, or ACT, has been rejected by academe.  It means a decent score can only enhance an application.  I don't know of any colleges that won't permit an applicant to submit a favorable SAT score with an application, do you?[/quote]

Seriously, you sound like guerrilla marketer at the College Board. [/quote]

No, just somebody who attended an Ivy on a full Pell Grant coming from a rural high school ranked in the bottom third in my state. Teachers used to tell us that scoring high on standardized tests was the only possible way we could compete with better-off students attending superior high schools. My several best friends growing up also went to Ivies. Their parents were, and are, farmers.[/quote]

Oh maybe that’s where we differ. I don’t care if my kids go to an Ivy, which is very important to some people and likely they place value in standardized test scores. We are in different circles on the Venn diagram of life.[/quote]

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