Should SATs Matter?. John Cloud.
by Cloud, John; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 4Institutions. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2001ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Discrimination in higher education | Educational tests and measurements | Intelligence tests | Scholastic Aptitude Test | Universities and colleges -- AdmissionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The test's prominence ensures that shouting matches will erupt over it regularly. Usually one side says the SAT should die because it's racist the other says it should flourish because it maintains standards. Their arguments are important but had started to seem pointless, since the number of SAT takers has increased virtually every year since Pearl Harbor." (TIME) The author highlights the debate over whether the SAT should be required for college admissions.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Should SATs Matter?, March 12, 2001; pp. 62+.
"The test's prominence ensures that shouting matches will erupt over it regularly. Usually one side says the SAT should die because it's racist the other says it should flourish because it maintains standards. Their arguments are important but had started to seem pointless, since the number of SAT takers has increased virtually every year since Pearl Harbor." (TIME) The author highlights the debate over whether the SAT should be required for college admissions.
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