ACT Test prevalence
Since the ACT is mainly used for measuring readiness for first year college preparatory courses, it doesn 't necessarily measure how ready a student is for higher level courses. The ACT tests, as defined by “Data on Student Preparation, College Readiness, and Achievement in College,” “seek to predict how current students will perform in courses commonly taken by new college students”. Instead of measuring how well you will do in learning and storing the information in long term memory, it just questions you on facts and stuff that you can study for and not need to retain all of it in order to pass and do well in a college career. “College admissions officials typically use both high school GPA and scores on college …show more content…
I then asked if she took the ACT or some kind of college placement test and she replied with a yes. She didn’t need it though which brings up the point of it not being necessary. Standardized testing was the next thing on my mind and so that was the question that surfaced for air next. She told me that there was quite a few times where the class would all take state issued tests in order to see how the schools were doing. If all the state wants is for the scores to look good then why isn 't the arts, which are proven to raise scores, inserted into more curriculums? My answer is that the focus is drilled in on the grades and not the individual student needs. Even though there was only about 125 kids in her entire school everyone took it no matter who you were or what kind of restrictions you might have had. I really wanted to know her opinion on whether or not college degrees were a good idea and so that was brought to her attention next. “if you have something definite(subject-wise) in mind, college might be to your benefit, but some people might not be cut out for college in a four year setting.” She brought up the 2 year college option and said “ It can be worth it if your job only needs that much, just as long as you stick with
Since the ACT is mainly used for measuring readiness for first year college preparatory courses, it doesn 't necessarily measure how ready a student is for higher level courses. The ACT tests, as defined by “Data on Student Preparation, College Readiness, and Achievement in College,” “seek to predict how current students will perform in courses commonly taken by new college students”. Instead of measuring how well you will do in learning and storing the information in long term memory, it just questions you on facts and stuff that you can study for and not need to retain all of it in order to pass and do well in a college career. “College admissions officials typically use both high school GPA and scores on college …show more content…
I then asked if she took the ACT or some kind of college placement test and she replied with a yes. She didn’t need it though which brings up the point of it not being necessary. Standardized testing was the next thing on my mind and so that was the question that surfaced for air next. She told me that there was quite a few times where the class would all take state issued tests in order to see how the schools were doing. If all the state wants is for the scores to look good then why isn 't the arts, which are proven to raise scores, inserted into more curriculums? My answer is that the focus is drilled in on the grades and not the individual student needs. Even though there was only about 125 kids in her entire school everyone took it no matter who you were or what kind of restrictions you might have had. I really wanted to know her opinion on whether or not college degrees were a good idea and so that was brought to her attention next. “if you have something definite(subject-wise) in mind, college might be to your benefit, but some people might not be cut out for college in a four year setting.” She brought up the 2 year college option and said “ It can be worth it if your job only needs that much, just as long as you stick with