<threadHijack> Fort Monmouth in NJ?
</threadHijack> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I took the ACT back in high school and then the SAT's when I was in basic > (They wanted me to go to Fort Monmouth for some officer prep school)...I > scored 24 or 26 on the Act and 1280 on the SAT > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 8:51 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Interesting blog post on standardized testing in schools > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "If I'd been required to take those two tests when I was a 10th >> grader, my life would almost certainly have been very different. I'd >> have been told I wasn't 'college material,' would probably have >> believed it, and looked for work appropriate for the level of ability that > the test said I had. >> > > Isn't the SAT longer than 60 math questions? Did he not take the SAT prior > to College either? > > I wonder which is harder, the SAT, or this standardized test? Not picking a > fight with this question - I really do wonder. > > Personally, I hated taking tests all the time in school. I swear we took > like 3 different standardized tests each year. I'm pretty good at test > taking, but I still thought it was stupid, particularly the ones where the > teacher stood up at the start and said "don't worry if you do poorly, they > will not effect your grade". > > Finally, I will add that excessive testing, and in particular tying that > testing to funding is the single root cause for the entire Atlanta Public > School cheating scandal that happened over the past few years and almost > brought down the entire school system. > > -Cameron > > -- > Cameron Childress > -- > p: 678.637.5072 > im: cameroncf > facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | > twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | > google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344308 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
