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But COVID shutdowns made it harder to take the tests, accelerating the switch to test-optional admissions. Out of the 850 schools who use the common application, only 5% requested scores for the ...
Nevertheless, activists argue that standardized tests must be discontinued to dismantle "white supremacy.” Consider the SAT, the test most high schoolers use for college admissions.
A 2019 study from the American Educational Research Association found that high school grades are more predictive of college success than standardized tests, suggesting that the SAT and ACT ...
FairTest has directed campaigns against perceived over-reliance on standardized tests, while advocating for alternatives that they claim may enhance equity and quality in education. FairTest provides related information to the public and policymakers, organizes collaborative assessment reform alliances, and provides training and support to ...
Education reform in the United States since the 1980s [1] has been largely driven by the setting of academic standards for what students should know and be able to do. These standards can then be used to guide all other system components. The SBE (standards-based education) reform [2] movement calls for clear, measurable standards for all ...
From A Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind: National education goals and the creation of federal education policy (Teachers College Press, 2015). Ydesen, Christian, and Sherman Dorn. "The No Child Left Behind Act in the Global Architecture of Educational Accountability." History of Education Quarterly 62.3 (2022): 268-290. online
The first standardized college entrance exams in the U.S. appeared with the College Entrance Examination Board in 1900, formed from 12 colleges, including Harvard University and Columbia University.
Standardized testing is a very common way of determining a student's past academic achievement and future potential. The validity, quality, or use of tests, particularly annual standardized tests common in education have continued to be widely both supported or criticized.