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Should the SAT be abolished for college admissions decisions?
Results so far:
| Yes | 61% | 862 votes | Total: 1418 votes | |
| No | 39% | 556 votes |
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by Tammy Stoner
Created on: January 19, 2009 Last Updated: March 21, 2009
The SAT should be abolished as a method of determining admission into college. It is a poor indicator
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Created on: June 13, 2009 Last Updated: June 14, 2009
As an elementary educator of seventeen years, I agree that the education system is entirely based
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Created on: June 06, 2009 Last Updated: June 09, 2009
In my opinion our entire education system has become a focus of testing rather than teaching. Even in
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Created on: April 23, 2008
College entrance exams are good in theory. If a school wishes to maintain a certain standard, there
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Created on: September 13, 2007
I cannot help but wonder where American citizens, especially teachers in public education, have gotten
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by Chris Smith
Created on: March 12, 2009
My entire high school career has been about getting ready for college. The academic affairs office in
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by Emeralddawnn
Created on: September 03, 2007 Last Updated: December 03, 2008
With the "No Child Left Behind" law in effect, the SATs are actually reflecting how little our high
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by Ian Navas
Created on: September 18, 2007
First, let's look at what the SAT is designed to measure. An aptitude test as defined in the dictionary,
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Created on: September 03, 2007
The SAT is a skewed test. In the first place, it does not test for knowledge, it estimates intelligence.
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by Sparx
Created on: November 17, 2007
The SAT is a standardized test designed to get standardized results. If you are someone who is exceptional
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by BuildWith
Created on: September 19, 2007
One test that proves all! Sounds kind of funny, right, almost like saying guaranteed to make money!
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by Ryan Gordon
Created on: September 18, 2007
The SAT is a flawed representation of an individual's probability of success in higher learning. What
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by Vicki Brown
Created on: July 20, 2008
I am living proof that the SATs should not be used to determine admission to college. I was a good student
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by May Plaige
Created on: September 24, 2007 Last Updated: October 21, 2008
The SAT tests "basic" concepts and knowledge that are supposed to have been learned in the K-12 education
No
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by Jack Roviere
Created on: July 31, 2008
Crestmuth University is a school that prides itself for its early adoption of a policy that abandons
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Created on: June 06, 2009 Last Updated: June 14, 2009
This week, the University of Memphis is under investigation by the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic
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by Vince Ryan
Created on: April 08, 2009 Last Updated: April 09, 2009
Of course not. The acceptance of a student to a particular college should be contingent upon how well
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Created on: February 01, 2008
By no means is the SAT a perfect test. Students who do poorly on the SAT often do well in college and
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Created on: September 03, 2007
The S.A.T. is used as a basis for college admission for a reason. Well, actually for several reasons.
The
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Created on: September 03, 2007
Should SAT scores be abolished from college admissions? No. Should their place in the admission process
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by T. M. Beeker
Created on: January 10, 2008
The SAT when used as part of admissions process does an excellent job of providing colleges with the
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Created on: January 07, 2010
I admit the morning I had to take my SATs, I was nervous beyond capacity. Even though I was fortunate
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Created on: June 06, 2009 Last Updated: June 13, 2009
I was the mother of one child and am now the grandmother of six grandchildren. My daughter is extremely
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Created on: September 08, 2007
The S.A.T. should NOT be abolished for college admissions decisions. It should however be taken with
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by Jim Mcfalls
Created on: April 08, 2008
The SATs should not be abolished for college admission decisions. Although I believe that they are currently
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by Roger Morse
Created on: September 03, 2007
It would be a crime to abolish the SAT's. While college admissions boards look broadly at each individual
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Created on: October 31, 2007 Last Updated: November 09, 2007
The biggest problem with the education system in society today is way too many "tests" are given. I
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Created on: November 17, 2007
There seems to be a trend towards not wanting to measure anyone or anything. This, in my opinion, is
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