Pros And Cons Of Abolishing Standardized Test Scores

Colleges and University all over the united states rely on SAT/ACT scores. Many School will accept a child simply because of the child standardized test scores. The problem with these particular test is that its sociodemographic location, socioeconomic based, and shows correlation between bad teachers and lower scores. Universities and colleges should abolishing standardized test scores because it socioeconomic plays such a big role in excelling on the SAT/ACT scores, how lack of funds for educational purposes plays a role in SAT/ACT scores., and If colleges decide to abolish these test they could simply decide on a student based on grades and if the grades aren’t good enough, They could except kids based on a college entrance exam to find out if they could possibly be placed in a class offered at the school.
The problem is SAT scores cannot provide a scope of a student’s intelligence. Colleges should make it an option to make submitting SAT and ACT scores optional so that submitting scores would only help, and not submit scores that are lower than the admitted students score and it wouldn’t cause the student to be evaluated less based on the indicated score. The grades throughout four years of high school would be used as the indicator for …show more content…
Chloe grade point average stands at a 2.7 her parent are the owners of the Marriott hotel. She attends a private school where its required for a child to take an SAT readiness course one semester every year. Of course by Chloe school offering this course she would score higher on the SAT. This shows how sat/act scores is based on socioeconomic status. This explains why and how standardized test are holding back potential students from getting into an Ivy League and top