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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah those are terrible at best.[/quote]

And yet, year after year significant numbers of Ellington students go on to good colleges, with significant scholarship money.

Test scores, especially average test scores, are not everything. [/quote]

To that point, important to know that some of the better college arts schools, NYU's Tisch School leading the way, have now made SAT and ACT scores optional for major that require an audition or portfolio. That's an increasing trend across the board. And as a PP suggested, it's not that arts folk are bad at language or math --there'a whole lot of middle between perfect SAT scores and counting on fingers -- it's that standardized test scores in either tend to have no correlation to college success in creative majors, particularly in a time when you tech allows you to create and distribute your work well before college. It's a new day and people who create content are in high demand.[/quote]

I'd agree with you if the SAT wasn't such an manageable test, or should be for HS upperclassmen/women in this day in age, at least for kids who like to read and can compute at a middle school level.  In this "new day," people who create content need to be literate and numerate.  A decent SAT score, in the 500s-700s, should not be a tall order for DE seniors.  Not at all.
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