All of the United States’ students prepare themselves for the scholastic aptitude test that can alter your life. It may sound dramatic, but in truth it can. The SATs determine if colleges accept a student. Understandably it is a well-known and respectable tool for determining a student’s eligibility. However, judging if a student is a perfect candidate based mainly on their scores is an outrageous concept. In that case the SAT should be completely eliminated since some students are not good test takers and the test is not broad enough to properly assess intelligence.
Completely ridding the SATs as an element of being entered into a college or university should be enacted, because the SATs can be argued as being biased due to many students performing differently on tests for various reasons. Some students are naturally great test-takers while others are not. There are numerous amount of students that are always determined and focused workers, but the SAT does not match their style and learning ability, and therefore college application becomes …show more content…
According to the College Board, the SAT does not measure certain innate abilities. Wayne Camara, Director of the Office of research at the College Board told Frontline that the SAT measures "developed reasoning," which he described as the skills that students develop "not only in school but also outside of school.” How does developed reasoning on tests actually help students? The SATs would be acceptable if the whole test was based on what we students learned throughout our schooling and not how we come to the conclusion of selecting an answer. Many students’ can be defined and specified by their SAT scores. This is wrong and unfair for many other students that got a low score. With this in mind we are guilty for judging peoples’ intellectual abilities based on single
Completely ridding the SATs as an element of being entered into a college or university should be enacted, because the SATs can be argued as being biased due to many students performing differently on tests for various reasons. Some students are naturally great test-takers while others are not. There are numerous amount of students that are always determined and focused workers, but the SAT does not match their style and learning ability, and therefore college application becomes …show more content…
According to the College Board, the SAT does not measure certain innate abilities. Wayne Camara, Director of the Office of research at the College Board told Frontline that the SAT measures "developed reasoning," which he described as the skills that students develop "not only in school but also outside of school.” How does developed reasoning on tests actually help students? The SATs would be acceptable if the whole test was based on what we students learned throughout our schooling and not how we come to the conclusion of selecting an answer. Many students’ can be defined and specified by their SAT scores. This is wrong and unfair for many other students that got a low score. With this in mind we are guilty for judging peoples’ intellectual abilities based on single