SAT Averages Decline to Record Low

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: j00fek
looks like the presidents plan is working

Yes, it is.

Teachers no longer teach.

They only work towards a goal of getting the U.S. monkey children to memorize to a single set of tests...tests, that when passed in sufficient quantity, garauntees employment and further government funding of your school.

Thinking and actually learning anything is NOT the goal.

Mission Accomplished

Fixed...and for once in a million years, I agree with you.

So, was NCLB a mistake? Maybe, maybe not. But the teacher's union should probably be axed.

 

[Chadder007]

LiKe WhaT EvAr! Tee Hee!



....I hate this new generation if kids, but I blame the parents and the culture we are developing.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
cause its a crap test. Just tests on two subjects that you keep flipping around for 3 hours, then you do some writing. It needs to be a 2 hr test

I did horrible on the sat, never got above 1000. Took the ACt and found it to be a much better test and did significantly better on it

So it's the test's fault that you're dumb?

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Didn't Miss Teen South Carolina take this SAT?

Apparently she's intelligent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20473692/

Upton was an honor student in high school

honor student doesn't mean anything. 20%-30% of a lot of schools students are honor students.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: Modular
People still take the SAT's? The ACT is all that's needed for the majority of colleges these days. I'd bet that the scores are decreasing because less colleges require the test and therefore less intelligent people are taking it.

actually in my state (ND) sat is the choice of students that are looking to go to top-end schools.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: Modular
People still take the SAT's? The ACT is all that's needed for the majority of colleges these days. I'd bet that the scores are decreasing because less colleges require the test and therefore less intelligent people are taking it.

Is this true? When I was applying for colleges 7 years ago, I only took the SAT and SAT II exams, and I was applying to Ivy's plus next tier schools.

I graduated high school in '96 in IL. At the time most colleges - state and private - in the midwest (IL, IA, MN) wanted ACT scores. Most colleges on the coasts wanted SAT scores. As was metioned, it's really a regional preference.

I never said that it wasn't a regional thing, I was challenging Modular's assertion.

 

[puffff]

I don't get it.. I thought the SAT was curved so that the average score was 500 on each section?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: DEMO24
cause its a crap test. Just tests on two subjects that you keep flipping around for 3 hours, then you do some writing. It needs to be a 2 hr test

I did horrible on the sat, never got above 1000. Took the ACt and found it to be a much better test and did significantly better on it

So it's the test's fault that you're dumb?

:laugh:

 

[piasabird]

I wonder how many people just mess up the test by purposely answering wrong. "I dont want to be here so lets see if I can mess up all the answers!"

You cant go by SAT scores because some people take the SAT and some people take the ACT. Also a lot of people take it multiple times. How does that work?

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

"Eighty percent of any group taking anything is pretty high," Weast said. "We aren't eliminating students who aren't prepared."

Uh... maybe you SHOULD be. What's the point of taking the test if you aren't prepared?

I personally believe 20% aren't prepared because such as the Americans don't have maps.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

"Eighty percent of any group taking anything is pretty high," Weast said. "We aren't eliminating students who aren't prepared."

Uh... maybe you SHOULD be. What's the point of taking the test if you aren't prepared?

I personally believe 20% aren't prepared because such as the Americans don't have maps.

Well played!