Standardized testing has been around for many years, as far back as the nineteenth century. Like standardized tests are today, they were mainly used to make decisions about college admissions and high school graduation. Now, standardized tests are used more for college admissions than high school graduation. After World War II, standardized tests were administrated more broadly. Many of the educators liked standardized tests because of the fact that they evaluate a student’s performance in a more objective and scientific process. Standardized tests have progressed into tests such as; SAT, ACT, HSAP, PSAT, PASS, Compass and many more. Most of these test are extremely different, they do not show a student’s academic level accurately. In 1926,
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One of those tests is the Law School Admission Test or LSAT. The first LSAT test was given in 1948 and started to gain attention in the late 1960s. By the 1980s, the number of people applying to law began to rise and the test became a part of the law school admission process. The article Law School Admission Test says, “The test is administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), which is a nonprofit, nonstick corporation with 193 member law schools in the United States and Canada” (“Law”). The LSAT will take you a half-day and is six sections. There is a thirty-minute writing section and five thirty-five minute multiple-choice sections. The writing section is actually not scored, but still sent to the school that the student is applying to. One of the multiple-choice is not scored, but is used to help determine future test questions. Three of the multiple-choice sections focus on the students reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and analysis of others’ reasoning skills. The creators picked these skills because they are important in law school and also having the ability to read complex material with accuracy and draw inferences from the …show more content…
Medical school requires a student to take the Medical College Admissions Test or MCAT. The MCAT is a multiple-choice test that is designed to evaluate a student’s problem solving skills, critical thinking, and their knowledge of natural, behavioral and social science concepts and principle prerequisites to the study of medicine. Almost every medical school in the United States and many Canadian schools require the submission of the MCAT exam scores. Many of these same colleges will not take any score that is more than three years old. The MCAT’s last revision was in 1991, but was recently revised in April of 2015 by the Association of American Medical Colleges or AAMC. The MCAT was revised to show the updates in medicine and science and to see what the student’s know and most importantly how well they know the material. There are five different scores that the student will receive. There will be a score for each of the four sections of the test then the combined
One of those tests is the Law School Admission Test or LSAT. The first LSAT test was given in 1948 and started to gain attention in the late 1960s. By the 1980s, the number of people applying to law began to rise and the test became a part of the law school admission process. The article Law School Admission Test says, “The test is administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), which is a nonprofit, nonstick corporation with 193 member law schools in the United States and Canada” (“Law”). The LSAT will take you a half-day and is six sections. There is a thirty-minute writing section and five thirty-five minute multiple-choice sections. The writing section is actually not scored, but still sent to the school that the student is applying to. One of the multiple-choice is not scored, but is used to help determine future test questions. Three of the multiple-choice sections focus on the students reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and analysis of others’ reasoning skills. The creators picked these skills because they are important in law school and also having the ability to read complex material with accuracy and draw inferences from the …show more content…
Medical school requires a student to take the Medical College Admissions Test or MCAT. The MCAT is a multiple-choice test that is designed to evaluate a student’s problem solving skills, critical thinking, and their knowledge of natural, behavioral and social science concepts and principle prerequisites to the study of medicine. Almost every medical school in the United States and many Canadian schools require the submission of the MCAT exam scores. Many of these same colleges will not take any score that is more than three years old. The MCAT’s last revision was in 1991, but was recently revised in April of 2015 by the Association of American Medical Colleges or AAMC. The MCAT was revised to show the updates in medicine and science and to see what the student’s know and most importantly how well they know the material. There are five different scores that the student will receive. There will be a score for each of the four sections of the test then the combined