Assumptions about how children learn to read have been disproven by research

Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by Mononokay on Saturday April 14, 2018 @05:03PM (#16839491)

Personally, I heavily prefer the SAT over the ACT—it's a very no-nonsense, clean way to see the capabilities of a person, and isn't relying too heavily on questions related to a specific subset of a topic.

It's definitely a better indicator of performance and capability than a GPA, in my opinion.

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Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by 36bydesign on Saturday April 14, 2018 @05:06PM (#16839504)

I am extremely familiar with both tests. What version of the SAT are you referring? The current version (re-designed a few years ago) is nearly identical to the ACT with the exception of integrating graph-reading questions into the reading and writing sections rather than having their own section.

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Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by Mononokay on Saturday April 14, 2018 @05:10PM (#16839524)

Current. I took both roughly two years ago for Duke TIP.

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Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by FPGAhacker on Saturday April 14, 2018 @05:41PM (#16839682)

Which did you take first?

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Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by Mononokay on Saturday April 14, 2018 @05:54PM (#16839749)

I took them within a month of eachother, but I can't recall which I took first. I got my results back first on the SAT, so possibly it?

(On a sidenote, it's annoying that the SAT site didn't allow me to use things on it related to my test scores because of the age I got them at. Suppose it's legally mandated though.)

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