The 2016 SAT reverses some of these changes, which can be seen as the College Board's response to continued competition from the ACT, the adoption of test-optional policies by many universities, and questions about the SAT's usefulness as a predictor of college success.
Specifically, ACT states that its scores provide an indicator of "College readiness", and that scores in each of the subtests correspond to skills in entry-level college courses in English, algebra, social science, humanities, and biology.
This week, the College Board announced it will add to the mix secret "Adversity scores," rating students on deprivation, but nobody taking the test will be told these numbers.
As Michael Nietzel explains over at Forbes, the College Board has yet to reveal the factors that contribute to the calculation of a student's adversity score.
In the wake of the college admissions cheating scandal, the last thing we need is an artificial "Adversity score" to tip the scales in favor of those who don't know the answers.
The author of the adversity score nonsense was College Board president David Coleman, the architect of Common Core, which six states have now repealed and which has been a point of contention in many states.
With nothing much new to report on these matters, it's time to visit what the heck has happened to the College Board and why people should encourage students to take the ACT test for college admission and scrap the SAT one.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/the_college_board_dumbing_down_america.html
Specifically, ACT states that its scores provide an indicator of "College readiness", and that scores in each of the subtests correspond to skills in entry-level college courses in English, algebra, social science, humanities, and biology.
This week, the College Board announced it will add to the mix secret "Adversity scores," rating students on deprivation, but nobody taking the test will be told these numbers.
As Michael Nietzel explains over at Forbes, the College Board has yet to reveal the factors that contribute to the calculation of a student's adversity score.
In the wake of the college admissions cheating scandal, the last thing we need is an artificial "Adversity score" to tip the scales in favor of those who don't know the answers.
The author of the adversity score nonsense was College Board president David Coleman, the architect of Common Core, which six states have now repealed and which has been a point of contention in many states.
With nothing much new to report on these matters, it's time to visit what the heck has happened to the College Board and why people should encourage students to take the ACT test for college admission and scrap the SAT one.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/the_college_board_dumbing_down_america.html
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