SAT Blows Up Test Anxiety
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Jun 26, 2008 Posted by Ned Johnson
In a move sure to cheer students, rile foes, and vex admissions officials, the College Board announced over the weekend that beginning with the Class of 2010, students may choose what scores (both SAT and SAT Subject Tests) to submit to colleges, creating “score choice” for the SAT and reinstating it for the Subject Tests after a six year hiatus. What critics deride as a calculated measure by College Board to stanch the inroads made by rival ACT and to bolster both the number of SAT test-takers and revenue will surely be met with delight by students anxious about the SAT and about low scores that they fear being stuck with. Many argue that the change in score-reporting will also herald a rush of more and younger test-takers, make test-taking more a four-year varsity sport than a junior year rite and ultimately lead to a fundamental shift in the way colleges use tests like the SAT and ACT (as colleges seek to parse the meaning beyond test scores that they have limited access to and control over). But, although College Board will surely benefit, I can imagine few students not agreeing with College Board representative Lawrence Bunin “the ability to have more control over their scores would make the test experience more comfortable and less stressful.” Surely, that has to make for happier kids.
Read the details and look for more updates from College Board here.
See the original LA Times piece here.
Read more at US News here.