does no one remember why we have entrance exams in the first place crazy pillshttps://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1007373396299141122 …
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the time (and resources) high school students spend gaming the SAT take away from other, more meaningful pursuits high school students end up less prepared for college in the end, college work suffers
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probably the question is: are SATs easier to game than other tests? I doubt it idk strivers are gonna game whatever you put in front of em classes included
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like man the shit I saw premed students do
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premeds get blown out the fuck out by ochem, and rightfully man the people who make it can only make it because they've been doing the requisite coursework for years; focusing on the SAT incentives the opposite--quick gain, versus longer, more difficult to develop skills
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incentivizing students to take harder classes, earlier, helps everyone in the end, improving the quality of ed they get further down the line generally the more of the "college" curriculum you can push back down (where it belongs), the better
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I pretty generally agree with this, and also I think the obvious solution if you go the follow the logic trail is "get rid of existing schools and replace them with nonmandatory skill-based certification"
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which come to think of it is maybe what schools used to be closer to
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