Brennan Santaniello
RH131
Dr. Carlson
9/18/15
“Insert Title Here”
In the December 2014 issue of Education Digest, an Article was published by Frank DiMaria entitled “Rethinking the Admission Process”. In this article, DiMaria notes how GPA, SAT or ACT test scores have long been the central theme of the college admission process. DiMaria uses research done by Dr. Robert Sternberg, a cognitive psychologist and former president of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University. Sternberg, using his idea for the college admission process called “Kaleidoscope”, has discovered that standardized test scores and GPA do not successfully measure a student. These test demonstrate analytic ability, but provide no insight to a student’s creativity or problem-solving ability. …show more content…
Sternberg points out that a student’s ability to receive high marks on a standardized test have strong ties to socioeconomic backgrounds: minority groups are more likely to be more creative and less analytical leading to lower test scores and GPA’s. While “Kaleidoscope” urges college admission’s officers to look away from test scores and GPA and focus on more open ended questions that test clear, creative thinking, the implementation of “Kaleidoscope” has led to an increase in the average GPA of the accepted student at Tufts University. And although the implementation of Sternberg’s admission process did require Tufts University to hire new admissions officers and train the preexisting staff, costing time and money, Sternberg believes that it was an important step for the institution. Now, the student body and dynamic has begun to change. According to Sternberg, “There is no perfect
RH131
Dr. Carlson
9/18/15
“Insert Title Here”
In the December 2014 issue of Education Digest, an Article was published by Frank DiMaria entitled “Rethinking the Admission Process”. In this article, DiMaria notes how GPA, SAT or ACT test scores have long been the central theme of the college admission process. DiMaria uses research done by Dr. Robert Sternberg, a cognitive psychologist and former president of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University. Sternberg, using his idea for the college admission process called “Kaleidoscope”, has discovered that standardized test scores and GPA do not successfully measure a student. These test demonstrate analytic ability, but provide no insight to a student’s creativity or problem-solving ability. …show more content…
Sternberg points out that a student’s ability to receive high marks on a standardized test have strong ties to socioeconomic backgrounds: minority groups are more likely to be more creative and less analytical leading to lower test scores and GPA’s. While “Kaleidoscope” urges college admission’s officers to look away from test scores and GPA and focus on more open ended questions that test clear, creative thinking, the implementation of “Kaleidoscope” has led to an increase in the average GPA of the accepted student at Tufts University. And although the implementation of Sternberg’s admission process did require Tufts University to hire new admissions officers and train the preexisting staff, costing time and money, Sternberg believes that it was an important step for the institution. Now, the student body and dynamic has begun to change. According to Sternberg, “There is no perfect