Have you ever thought about the admission process that colleges go through to get the best group of students into their school? It is often based largely on standardized tests high school students have to take if they plan to continue their education past the 12th grade. Most of these tests, such as the ACT and SAT, include questions about the basic understanding on many core subjects within a specific time limit. After you get done with the test, you get to wait a short time period to see your results of how well your grasp is about individual subjects and if you are “college-ready”. The moment you receive your results, you see a big, red number between one through thirty-six as a composite score of all the areas combined. Not only does a single number define you, it also could allow you to excel in your future school or put a damper on your plans. Often times, college admission teams see those numbers and base if you’re the ideal student for that college without even looking at a resume you may have attached with it; in my opinion, it is completely unfair to admit someone to the school because of one test they took when they were fifteen to eighteen years old because those results don’t define the work-ethic or educational ability they might contain.
The history of standardized testing started way back in 1926
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They are constantly stressing the idea that the questions on standardized test are more centered on the fact that it’s information all students need to master, rather than coming up with ideas on how to tackle it in various ways. This introduces the fact that if you are constantly looking at a problem and thinking there is only one right answer, you will be more prone to work harder not smarter and possibly not working well with others in the