紐約時報今天debate over standardized tests in college admissions

標考成績和大學GPA正相關。“

A parable for our times

Higher education has a standardized-test problem, and it’s not the problem that many people think.

During the pandemic, dozens of colleges dropped the requirement that applicants take the SAT or ACT. Although administrators generally described the move as temporary, most colleges have since stuck to a test-optional policy.

But the loss of SAT and ACT scores has become a problem, administrators have told me. Without test scores, admissions officers sometimes struggle to distinguish between applicants who are likely to thrive at selective colleges and those likely to struggle. Why? Because high school grades do not always provide enough information, especially because of grade inflation in recent years.

As Christina Paxson, the president of Brown University, recently wrote, “Standardized test scores are a much better predictor of academic success than high school grades.”

 

You can read the article here.

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• 那是當然。我們這裏gradschool評分三四分的普高學生，大部分孩子SAT就考1100到1200 -Pilsung- ♂ (161 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:17:54

• 布朗校長是引用其教授統計，並不是自己認為。校長文章中粗粗又紅紅的大字寫著：“Requiring test scores -成功的77- ♂ (241 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:20:41

• 時報原文有說MIT is more economically diverse than many other elite -chenyu09- ♀ (15 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:25:37

• 第一圖是布朗和大貓2017-2022 數據上周公布出來的 -chenyu09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:23:39

• 沒看懂這個圖。SAT曲線裏大學gpa最低3.1，GPA曲線裏大學gpa最低3.3。好像二圖用的數據不一樣。 -成功的77- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:30:10

• 可能是高中GPA所有學生都有，而標考成績不是都有？ -chenyu09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:35:40

• 靠譜 -成功的77- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:52:01

• 這個圖明確說明藤校分很水 -Amita- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 16:51:34

• 怎麽看出來的？ -BGM- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 17:48:22

• 哈哈高中不分好壞3.2gpa到了藤校平均都3.4，說明藤校比高中平均值水啊。紫檀我的分析能力一級棒 -Amita- ♂ (167 bytes) () 01/09/2024 postreply 06:21:27

• 紐約時報要交錢才能看， 這兒不要：） -yddad- ♂ (201 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 17:04:30

• 謝謝鏈接。此外紐約時報上有評論文章我貼了部分，對標考是利好的 -chenyu09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 17:13:36

• 俺一直比較奇怪，為啥娃學校去年秋開始除新生外初中到高中10,11年級都要測PSAT,可能已經事先得到消息了,或疫情結束了 -chenyu09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 17:05:42

• 這種小孩子都知道的，還要討論嗎？皇帝新衣，誰都不敢說破。 -unitedb- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 17:39:46

• 這是一篇很好的文章。比較了標考與全國中小學摸底測驗成績高度一致，說明成績高者不是通過補習而虛高。 -無言無語無聲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2024 postreply 18:23:39