The court’s decision to recommend that KDCP provide $400,000 worth of free SAT test prep would benefit the less fortunate students that could not afford the costly test prep course, the parents of those students, KDCP and College Board. The losing side of this settlement are the students that worked hard to study for the SAT without using a test prep service to earn their scores. Using the utilitarian perspective in order for the settlement to be ethically recommendable, the most parties possible
is standardized testing part of the college admission process? Some of us might still remember taking the SAT or ACT when we were applying for college; however few of us question why we have to take such a test. Millions of dollars are spent on prep materials all so we can achieve a decent score and hope colleges will be impressed. The College Board claims a high SAT or ACT score correlates to college success which is defined as a good GPA throughout college. However if you stop and ask yourself
Applying to college in the United States of America can be a long process consisting of many requirements. College admission requirements have been changing for centuries “in order to ensure that the full range of talent that an institution is capable of developing is properly represented in the student body” according to Andrew Beale in his article “The Evolution of College Admission Requirements.” During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries admission was granted based on ones “ability to read
students spend the spring semester of their junior year preparing to take the ACT or SAT.” (Streetman) 2. “Colleges often use one of these two tests to determine whether to admit the student or to determine how much scholarship money they will award the student.” (Streetman) 3. Today, I’m going to discuss why the ACT and SAT exams should no longer be used to evaluate a student’s readiness for college and why they should be abolished from all their purposes. 4. I will go into detail as to why the SAT and
debates revolving around the idea of the use of standardized testing in college admission and the whether or not they are effective in determining a student’s
high-school students do not enjoy studying and taking college entrance aptitude tests, such as the SAT and ACT exams. But how would these students like it if colleges made these two tests optional, or even removed it as criteria for college admissions? The SAT and ACT exams are aptitude tests taken by high school students. The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) tests students on critical thinking, math, and writing and the ACT (American College Testing) tests students on English, math, writing, reading
If you are a student in some form of higher education institution, you might have gone through the scary phase of having to take a standardized test to apply for a college, a scholarship program or better still to complete the high school program. Normally good scores in these tests guarantees good scholarships or admission into an institution because the scores from standardize tests are used as a conclusive measure of one’s abilities. But due to the fact that these scores ignores years of hard
Problems with the SAT Nowadays, colleges and universities have been using the SAT to select their students who apply to them. According to College Board, the SAT is a test that measures students' abilities which they will use to be able to do well in universities or colleges. In addition, the SAT shows how well the students solve the problems and how well the education they have gotten. The SAT consists of ten sections which consist of one 25-minute essay section, two 25-minute and one 20-minute
Test for speed, Not for Aptitude? A Harvard educator named Howard Gardner wrote this essay arguing his side of abolishing timed tested overall. He bases his claim off of the fact that SAT scores come along with their time accomplished and are being viewed by universities. He felt it was unfair for people with the need for time to be below people that finished on time. The didactic and subjective tone in Howard Garden’s article ‘Test for Aptitude, not for Speed’ exemplifies the inadequate strategies
for a high school senior is the search for the college. So once these senior students finally develop a plan, why is it that they may not be able to achieve what they desire? Colleges and universities today are becoming more and more competitive, sometimes to the point of exclusive. With that it is fair to say that entrance to certain schools may be more difficult and extensive than the others based on popularity and demand. When this happens, colleges are looking for the best of the best in academics
In 4 years there are many different things I can do. I could become an entrepreneur. My long-term goal is to be accepted to a 4 year college of my choice. To reach this goal I will have to take several college acceptance tests, research and apply for colleges, then proceed get a part time job to help support me through college. To even consider applying for college the first thing I need to do is take a test or 2. These 2 tests would be the SAT and ACT. For the ACT the one and only thing I have
meet the requirements of the state or jurisdiction in which you wish to practice. These requirements, which vary from state to state, are established by law and administered by the state boards of accountancy. To qualify for certification, you must: Complete a program of study in accounting at a college/university. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) recommends at least 150 semester hours to obtain the common body of knowledge for becoming a CPA. Pass the
and will receive an immediate response from someone else. The immediate responses result in a dialogue between two or more people. Bulletin Boards are also popular because they are similar to an online community. The bulletin boards allow people to share ideas. To my understanding, the main difference between the two is that someone posts an idea on the board, and another person responds to the inquiry or statement by posting his response. Both of these places allow people to have discussions of
Better Technology Means Better Education In recent years computers have opened many new opportunities for students and teachers. Technology has advanced past books and black boards. There are more and more computers going into schools everyday. With the world changing into a computer world teaching how do to use technology is necessary. With the new tools that teachers use learning for students is not only more interesting but, more fun. The Internet has helped education leaps and bounds
learnt nothing--our contribution to the discussion may have a potential value. However, it is in the highest degree improbable that the reforms I propose will ever be carried into effect. Neither the parents, nor the training colleges, nor the examination boards, nor the boards of governors, nor the ministries of education, would countenance them for a moment. For they amount to this: that if we are to produce a society of educated people, fitted to preserve their intellectual freedom amid the complex
the arctic when one day him and his crew spot a giant on a dog sled. Followed by awes of civilization they find the another man who has been in some sort of accident with his dog sled stranded on a broken sheet of ice. After some persuasion the man boards the ship and begins to tell his tale of how he ended up at his present state. The actually story of Frankenstein begins with a background of the rescued man. He is originally from Geneva were his family lives, including the love of his life his adopted
Nursing - Delegation of Work The National Council of State Boards in Nursing defines delegation as “transferring to a competent individual the authority to perform a selected nursing task in a selected situation” (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Resources section, 4). When delegating, the registered nurse (RN) assigns nursing tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) while still remaining accountable for the patient and the task that was assigned. Delegating is a management strategy
enrich the students’ life, to make learning exciting. The classroom will be set up in a way to make learning enjoyable not dreadful. I want to have centers for every type of learner that I have. The bulletin boards will informational but fun learning materials. I feel that a bulletin board should have items on it so that it catches the eyes of the student. By going into history as a professional I would like to see the students to have many different types of learning experiences. Students would
Ouija Boards For those of you that do not know what a ouija board is, it is a device used to supposedly ask questions of and receive answers from a seemingly supernatural force. Using a ouija board has become a controversial subject. Some people regard them as "evil" or a "tool of the Devil", yet they continue to be sold in stores along Scrabble and Monopoly as a game. The Ouija board was invented in the early 1890's by William Fuld. It is now sold by Parker Brothers. A ouija board is a small board
PowerPoint in Education Over the years education has been making rapid technological advances, it seems like every year there is some new tool entering the classroom. Most of us today don't remember when classrooms were using chalk and slate boards because of the new technology that we have developed. Now we have grown accustom to overheard projectors, television and computers, but what seems to be the new trend of education is Power Point. It is every where we turn, "more than 90% of computer-based