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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][quote=Anonymous]Agree. I think we’d all be better off if we went straight to standardized test scores: SAT scores and subject tests, that’s it.

You get a # and nothing else is known about you: race, gender, school, location, gpa. [/quote]

Yes, we should base college admissions entirely on multiple choice tests...with SAT math questions at the algebra/geometry level.  [/quote]

Obviously you’d need to make the tests harder dumb ass  :roll:

The point is, thet shouldn’t be anything extra. No bonus points for race, gender, geographic diversity, French horn.

I’d be curious to see what they end up with.[/quote]

You would have kids loading up on "easy A" classes in HS and then doing SAT prep classes after school on there own time and dime.[/quote]

I think we need to get rid of test scores all together. They are the worst measurement for success. [/quote]

But unfortunately it is the only standardized measure. It is impossible to compare across schools and curriculums. Even within the same school there are easy and hard teachers teaching the same classes. Some don't give As as a principle, others allow endless retakes. GPA is no longer associated with any actual level of ability or achievement. [/quote]

That is not true. That is why there are so many test optional school and I think more schools will be test optional in the future and hopefully the money making industry of SAT/ACT/AP will go away. [/quote]

It is true. Do you have a high schooler? Grades have gotten ridiculous. [/quote]

1 out of college, 1 going to college and  1 in HS

The only thing ridiculous is the testing... SATs and APs.

Kids from our local schools think they are hot shots with their "rigorous academics".

Kids don't need to do all that to succeed in college. They just need to know how to learn.

[b]Once they get to college everybody is the same no matter how "hard" your HS was[/b].[/quote]
No. Just no. [/quote]

Yes. Just yes. The hardest part of college is getting in.[/quote]
Nope. Rigor of high school classes is one of the most crucial factors in whether or not a student will be successful in college.

http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Staffingstudents/High-school-rigor-and-good-advice-Setting-up-students-to-succeed
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2013/Q3/academic-rigor-makes-the-difference-in-college-readiness,-success.html[/quote]

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