SAT

“Why do I even have to take this stupid test?” I told myself after having to take the ACT for the third time with no luck of improving my score. My parents kept telling me to retake it because the higher the score, the better it will look when applying for colleges. Why do they look at this test so closely? This question crept through my mind through the years I would have to put up with the ACT. I clearly wasn’t good at taking standardized tests. Wasn’t my high school transcript enough? I…

In addition, people continue to argue that the ACT prepares students for college. For example, many feel as if when students prepare to take the ACT, they also learn effective test taking skills that will benefit them in college. For example, the ACT is a timed test and many people think this is a positive thing. People believe that giving the test a time limit teaches students how to react on their feet, and how to make decisions when there is not much time offered. Giving that the students are…

rest of their career and lives. It is SAT test day. Test proctors direct Joe Harris, a white, upper class student, towards a seat near Wes James, a black, lower class student. Joe has attended the one of the best prep schools in New York: Horace Mann, costing over $40,000 per year. Wes has attended the local public school. Joe has spent thousands of dollars on coaching in preparation for the SATs. Wes struggled to receive a scholarship to even take the SATs. Joe is well rested and ate…

on statistics from 2001 off of an SAT test, “Students in music performance and appreciation scored higher on the SAT: students in performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal and 41 points higher on the math, and students in appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on the math,” (College-Bound Seniors National Report). So in comparison to students who are not involved in music programs, these students did outstanding on their SATs. This collaborates with the idea…

more and more students pursued college, the need for another standardized college entrance exam emerged(Enos,Zumas).The ACT was more focused on discovering a student’s strengths and weaknesses than their reasoning strength, which is determined in the SAT(Lindsay). In addition,…

it would go by so fast. When we first came into the classroom I knew exactly how it was going to be in here. We would be reading alot and writing just as much but who knew that we would spend so much time preparing for the sat. I 'm glad we took as much time as we did on the sat because I feel like all of the preparation helped me on the test and I 'm sure I am not the only person who thinks that way. Who knew that being in this class of all classes that I would learn about life in general and…

going to determine your future and what colleges you’ll get into. What I just described was any of the standardized tests that high school students are subjected to for the sake of college admissions. The two most prominent tests, the ACT and the SAT, are standardized tests required by virtually all colleges. If every high school student is taking the same test, regardless of ethnic background, educational background, family income, or prior experience, you may begin to question the fairness of…

The monotonous sound of the teacher’s voice is all that is filling the room, the room in which you and other numerous students are told to stay in. The “instructor” is reading to you and the other students the directions. You have heard these directions all throughout your life. You are told to read along, even though you can recite them word for word, as they are being told to you. All that races through your mind is that you must do well on this test. You need this in order to have the life…

include the Standard Achievement Test (SAT) and the iReady Diagnostic and Instruction in Reading Test (iReady). Along with this formal data, the teachers will be observing their classrooms, collecting work samples, listening to parent questions and concerns, and by looking at…

At first our family’s finance is not good and our annual income is below $50000. Because of that, my parent had told me that you can not go to their, even you really want to go to the four-year university. Attending four-year university is much expensive than attending Communication College, so I gave up to transfer at that time because that is my only choice. However, time goes by, and gradually I can not help thinking to transferring and learn higher level study. How much I desire to learn…