Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions...
by welshwelsh on Monday March 28, 2022 @11:58PM
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The SAT measures the two skills colleges care most about: reading and math.
Reading is the most important part. Your score on this section is determined by how much time you spend reading. A student who reads for an hour a day will get a top score, while a student who doesn't read at home will get a low score. Colleges require students to be capable of reading for long periods of time, and the SAT is a great way of filtering out people who are not active readers.
A student with a low reading score might be otherwise intelligent, but intelligence does not make a scholar. A college education involves consuming copious amounts of information; it is no place for someone who struggles with reading comprehension.
Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions...
by vadym909 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:38AM
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Is it the literal act of reading or being exposed to language?
What if kids watch shows on TV and it exposes them as much to stories, communications, language?
Reading is the most important part. Your score on this section is determined by how much time you spend reading. A student who reads for an hour a day will get a top score, while a student who doesn't read at home will get a low score. Colleges require students to be capable of reading for long periods of time, and the SAT is a great way of filtering out people who are not active readers.
A student with a low reading score might be otherwise intelligent, but intelligence does not make a scholar. A college education involves consuming copious amounts of information; it is no place for someone who struggles with reading comprehension.