This article relates to the junior class because on Tuesday we were made to take the ACT. Even though the ACT and SAT are different tests, they are both used to measure readiness for college. Both are very difficult, I speak from experience with the ACT and PSAT, the tests are hard! Being a junior and senior, you need to start looking into colleges and colleges normally won't take someone under the minimum score for their school.
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| Wong, Kevin. SAT I. Photograph. Flickr. Yahoo, 2 Feb. 2008. Web. 5 Mar. 2014. <http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2406/2237806717_0e8f54ee84.jpg> |
I think the change in scoring and administration is great! Students who don't perform well on standardized testing now have a chance to really show colleges they know what they are doing. I always get nervous and go blank minded during big tests because I feel like the pressure is immense. In 2016 I would be able to take the new SAT test and maybe would be able to take part in the new test.
The author thinks that this new way of giving the SAT is very smart. They also think colleges will like it better because, "high school grades are a better predictor of college success than standardized test scores." (Lewin) "The test are mysterious and 'filled with with unproductive anxiety,"" Lewis quotes from David Coleman, the director of College Board. (Major Changes...Board) The author loves the new idea of how the SAT is being administered.
Works Cited
Lewin, Tamar. "Major Changes in SAT Announced by College Board." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 5 Mar 2014. Web. 5 Mar. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/education/major-changes-in-sat-announced-by-college-board.html>
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