SAT Pros And Cons Essay

The first thing students think about when they are applying for college and getting ready is taking the SAT. Many people question if there should be alternatives for standardized testing that could outweigh the benefits of the SAT? This is something many people talk about because its affect people all over the country when they are applying to a college of there choice. This issue is relevant cause even today there are schools that are going test optional and putting aside the SAT; decide to use other measures to see if you will be admitted. People that mostly get affected by this are students, but also colleges because if each year people do worse on the on the SAT then less people will apply because they believe they don’t have a chance …show more content…
What a Performance Bases Assessments? How is it better then the SAT? How does it outweigh the SAT? “Inside Higher Education” they state that (performance based assessments goes beyond measuring students acquisitions of knowledge; what they demand is more then memorization of rules or facts or “good testing strategies”). what they are saying is it gives you the opportunity for students to interact with teachers from the college and they could evaluate them in different categories not just (reading, writing, and math) like in the SAT. Of course there is sometimes of evaluation on writing essays but it does not just focus on that they give you other options to be able to score on other subject areas. In “Inside Higher Education” they state that (it allows you to get to know a student at a different level, but also still show you the ability they have to do things that they could not due on multiple- choice test.) The SAT just test you in english, writing, and math. Referring to “Inside Higher Education” with performance base assessment it allows you to go beyond then just answering multiple choice questions, it gives you a chance to explain yourself and your