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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This sounds like an advertisement for an expensive test prep program. Did you even read the whole post you quoted? No one says scores don't matter, but that there are narrow methods and broad methods to get there. The broader methods will get you a better educated adult. And in the very long run, it's not the score that matters, but what lies behind the score that matters.[/quote]

Well, you must be kidding.  Your argument smacks of the difference between narrow and broad rape.
The scare DOES matter in America.
Sports is a mega multi-billion dollar industry (see Penn State) and American adults, parents and their kids provide all the evidence the SCORE does matter.  And to the exemplary athletes you mention (jordan, kobe, phelps, federer, serena, lance amstrong, babe ruth, larry bird) the SCORE does matter.  I suggest you descend from your throne and smell the roses.  The score matters to the athletes and the hero whorshipping spectators who are largely American like yourself.  The proof is all around you.  Open your eyes and ears. Are you then surprised Americans are counting National MeritFfinalists like summer olympic medals?

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Score matters during the process.  Today, do you care about the score of Super Bowl 17?  The Redskins won...great run by Riggins on 4th and 2.  But, the Redskins were champs.  The outcome matters.  Redskins one.

In academics, scores are part of the process for selection.  Scores in the second grade do not matter after AAP selection.  No one cares.  No one cares about SAT scores after college admission, or GRE scores (MCATS, LSATs) after grad/professional school.  No one cares about the HS GPA after HS, or the college GPA after a few years on the job.

Scores are used as a way to quantify potential (2nd grade) or knowledge (e.g. SAT's).  No one will pay me a salary based on my SAT scores, though.  Nor will they pay me based on my HS diploma, B.S., MA, or PhD.  They pay me to do something that needs to get done.

When I had cancer surgery a few months ago, I did not ask the surgeon how he did on the standardized tests.  I did ask him how many of these procedures he had done.

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To gain admission into any medical school, you would have needed to graduate at the top of your college class and done fairly well on your MCATs. 
When picking a surgeon, you should care about where he was trained. To get into a decent residency, you need to have done well on your boards. You don't need to ask how well he did on his standardized tests because he had to have scored well to even be a surgeon.

DH is a surgeon and he studied and aced all his exams starting from SATs.[/quote]

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