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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 (since costly prep isn’t necessary.) It is an additional piece of info. My child worked their tail off 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]

So really you don’t know.

It’s a terrible measure. GPA is a good measure [/quote]

How can GPA be a good measure when it is to subjective and different across schools and even across teachers in the same school? [/quote]
How can SAT be a good measure when you see examples on this thread of spending big bucks to substantially increase scores?[/quote]

+1
I feel the same way about AAP testing (FCPS).  Parents pay for prep, the student does well.  It’s a farce.  [/quote]

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