The Pros And Cons Of The SAT

The SAT is a test that many feel helps the privileged. Many also believe that it is unnecessary and that it does not actually prepare students for college or the future. Charles Murray in the article, “Abolish the SAT” also believes that the SAT needs to be “abolished” and writes on why we do not need the SAT in a critical and vigorous manner.

     The SAT are standardized tests, formally called the Scholastic Aptitude Tests and are used by most colleges

All of you at one point had to take either the ACT, SAT, or even both, and then had to wait nervously until you received your scores back which ultimately decided the rest of your educational career.

Imagine a test capable of making or breaking a student's chances of getting into his or her dream college. Imagine a test score that can be easily influenced, but only through thousands of dollars worth of coaching. Now imagine that same test but biased towards certain crowds of students while also being incapable of accurately predicting their futures. Is this the test you want for colleges to use in order to distinguish students? This is the SAT—famous for the unnecessary pressure it presents to students as well as the unfair disadvantages it presents to many others. Since these SAT scores are extremely artificial, SAT tests are not an accurate predictor for future success.

The SAT is a standardized test which over a million students take per year. This test supposedly was made to determine, approximately, how well freshmen in college will do. Although, studies have shown only twenty five percent of test takers scores actually match their grades (O'Shaughnessy). The SAT is unnecessary and unfair for students applying for college because it prevents diversity in schools and big businesses only care about the profit from the test.

Does it seem fair to judge students on a test that cannot be studied for? Every year students are forced to take the dreaded SAT test to strengthen their college resume`. Those who do well stand out to colleges, but those with average or below average scores have a tougher time getting accepted by colleges. Doing bad on an SAT test can be so demoralizing for a person especially if they are hard-working. One may not realize it at first, but this test is very significant to our futures. It determines what college we want to get into, the type of education we will get, and how our resume` will look for jobs in the future; it is all a domino effect. This is why it is unfair for colleges to base the bulk of their acceptance rate

It tests students in four subjects along with an optional writing portion. These four subjects being, english, mathematics, reading, and science. The ACT takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, and contains 215 multiple-choice questions. If you are taking the writing portion it will take just over 4 hours. The ACT is scored separately by by each subject on a scale from 1 to 36 and these scores are then taken into a composite score on a scale also from 1 to 36. On this scare 1 is the worst score and 36 would be the best score. The SAT is another standardized test that is said to get and understanding of how well students learn new information and can apply it to solve problems. The SAT tests students on, math, reading, writing, and language. It takes approximately 3 hours, plus an extra 50 minutes if the students chooses to take the optional essay test. The SAT contains a total of 154 questions. That scoring on the SAT is a scale ranging from 400 to 1600, 400 being the worst and 1600 being the

SAT is one of the most important of any teenager in high school. The SAT determines the fields of college admission and higher education. Moderate of student get into this $500 dollars program for 5 years to study for the SAT. This program helps a student get 1600 on the SAT. That 1600 includes math, reading, and writing. If you get a 800 on everything, then you might just get a scholarship. However, I believe that the SAT is not an accurate valid test for students. Many students have the knowledge to pass, but can also stress about it so much that it messes with them during the test. Also, I don’t think the SAT should affect whether you go into a good college or not. Yet, many student believe that this is their only shoot into

The two common college admissions exams in the United States are the Standard Achievement Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT). They are nationally standardized tests used for college admissions (“Socio-Economic Bias in SAT and ACT May Be Leading to Scoring Disparities”). Most colleges require either the SAT or the ACT for admission (“SAT Officials Hope to Score Points on Eliminating Bias”).

In the USA, standardized testing began in the 1900’s. The first tests were given during WWI, to determine if Soldiers were fit to become Officers. Later on it was used to determine if students were college worthy. The SAT, was created in 1926 by the College Board, as an aptitude test. This test became so famous, that by the 1930’s “the test was accepted

    In recent years, teachers have started to teach students how to pass tests rather than actually teaching them the material. Tests like the ACTAAP, Benchmark, Iowa, ACT, and SAT are tests that children have learned how to pass, instead of actually learning the material. The tests do not give an accurate measurement as to how smart a child actually is. Standardized tests do not test every subject that is taught in schools.

By the time a student has reached their senior year of high school, they have taken a standardized test a great number of times in order to get the score to attend their college of choice. A standardized test is any exam that is given and scored in a predetermined, standard manner. The SAT and ACT are known as standardized aptitude tests (Popham). SAT stands for Scholastic Assessment Test and ACT stands for American College Testing. The SAT was first given in 1926 and the ACT followed in 1959. Students spend hours preparing and taking these tests only to find out that their score was not good enough in order to go where they want to go. Many students then get frustrated about it and settle for a college where they are not happy.

According to the college board, each year, more than seven million American Students prepare to take standardized tests such as the SAT (scholastic aptitude test), P-SAT, and ACT. These tests evaluate and compare students based on how they answer multiple choice or short-answer questions. However, standardized Testing is an ineffective method of evaluation as it fails to accommodate the broad spectrum of students in this nation.

The SAT is a universal test that is required by most colleges in the United States. Taking such a widespread and well-known exam makes more sense

Standardized Testing is defined by Standardized Test Definition as, “any form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that (2) is scored in a ‘standard’ or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students.” This formality of testing was introduced in 1845 by educational pioneer, Horace Mann. Mann’s vision for these test, that was made originally for students to prove their obtained knowledge through the tests, was to perfect the best teaching methods so that every student had equal opportunities. The present-day standard tests, like SAT and ACT, were