The College SAT: Higher Costs, Lower Relevance
By Ben Steverman - Oct 4, 2011
Paying someone to take the SAT test on your behalf -- as six Long Island students were recently charged with doing -- is illegal. If convicted, the students could face jail time for their offense. That's justice, however sad. The episode points up the absurdities that have grown up like ivy around the long revered -- and increasingly criticized -- SAT. Many parents spend vast amounts of money, from SAT prep courses to private tutoring, for a test that, according to some college officials, isn't that predictive of how well students will perform in college. You might ask yourself, 'Isn't that the point of the SAT'? But shaky justification has done nothing to slow the flow of money into everything and anything related to the test...
If students such as the alleged cheaters are cynical about college admissions, it’s because “students understand it’s a system they can game,” says Wake Forest University Professor Joseph Soares. A critic of universities’ reliance on test scores, Soares is the editor of the book “SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional College Admissions,” released Sept. 30.
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