Pros And Cons Of The SAT

“The new SAT is A) a big change B) still important C) controversial D) all of the above”
58% of students who took the SAT are deemed not college ready. Why might that be? Explain. College: “an institution of higher learning” (Dictionary.com). College is a key, formative period in one’s life. It allows for a higher, prolonged education, exposure to different cultures, and more opportunities in life. Most colleges require applicant profiles in order to compare potential students from others. These profiles consist mainly of three criteria: grades and school transcripts, extracurriculars, and standardized testing. Rest assured, there are more factors that go into judging one’s worth and potential, but these three create the most powerful first
A weakness and idiosyncrasy of the SAT, along with a select few of other tests, can be taken once per seven months a year, during January, March, May, June, October, November, and December. This means that a tester could fail the test six times but still get a full score on their last try. Additionally, SAT scores and tries do not impact each other if they are taken individually. Some officials from the College Board might differ and accuse that other methods of tracking data are taken through means of super score. A super score is the average of all of one’s tests and gives a more accurate representation of one’s capabilities, but it also has weaknesses. As most global or nationwide programs are centralized on easily accessible the world wide web, the SAT has its own online dashboard, registration, and tracking system for its test takers. However, fearers of the super score could easily make new accounts and register for new tests, thus bypassing this
There are a multitude of programs created in order to help students prep for the SAT, yet most are both costly and time-consuming. A few notable organizations such as Kaplan Prep and the Princeton Review are known by most students, parents, and teachers. This wealth-centralized dilemma could easily shift statistics in the wrong direction. After all, no current nation is stable enough to spread a world-quality education to its every inch; that does not leave the financially deprived in a favorable position. Some students might even be seeing the SAT test for the very first time on testing day! A similar circumstance could have be seen deep-rooted in history around the Han dynasty of Ancient China. Standardized testing - in the form of government exams - was first used in China to create a merit-based ruling class as opposed to a blood-based/inherited one. As promising as it seemed at first, problems soon aroused. The greatest was its natural favoritism to the rich, countering its initial intentions. Moreover, the wealthy could afford to study and familiarize themselves with the test while very few of the talented poor would even have a remote chance. This natural bias is still evident in even the modern democracy of today’s