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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Superscoring AND repeat administrations ("score hunting"?) of the SAT or ACT should be struck down as permissible unless colleges and universities are also prepared to allow applicants to ameliorate any grade on their transcript that they wish to improve upon. Grade inflation is already a Pandora's box, why not align it with this superscoring and repeat testing monster that so many succumb to?[/quote]

“Kids should not be allowed to retake tests to prove they have now mastered the material” gives the real game away.

Actual learning is a scam, got it. What’s important is never ever making any mistake and if you do you can never correct it.[/quote]

That's not the argument. The argument is why should we allow test scores to be curated through superscoring or repeated bites at the apple, but not grades? Do you have an explanation for that disconnect in the process?

I'm not opposed to consistency, so I'm completely fine with one and done on grades AND on standardized tests, or else "take it as many times as you can schedule" for both standardized tests AND grades in HS.

After all, the only thing the score hunters are learning is how to game the test (focus only on math this time, only on verbal the next time, etc.). At least with grades, the process of ameliorating lower grades would lend itself to learning how to learn, which is of far greater value to me (at least).[/quote]

I’m 100% with you on this.

I suspect the reason is that it’s hard to maintain an exclusionary education system with “elite” performers if you do this.

If most kids can match the performance of elite students will a little more effort and some practice, why does one set go to Harvard and the other doesn’t.

Real life is full of failure where you miss a first attempt but recover and learn and get it right next time.

Not allowed in education though.[/quote]

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