{"id":2222,"date":"2012-06-05T12:51:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2012-06-05T12:51:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T18:51:17","slug":"will-more-prominent-colleges-abandon-the-sat-mindshift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/will-more-prominent-colleges-abandon-the-sat-mindshift\/","title":{"rendered":"Will More Prominent Colleges Abandon the SAT? | MindShift"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Are we finally starting to move away from standardized, high stakes testing?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cStandardized test scores add remarkably little to our ability to predict a student\u2019s success beyond what their high school GPA and course schedule already tell us,\u201d Maguire claims. \u201cWe believe our new test optional policy better aligns with our holistic and careful reviews of student applications. We also believe the policy will encourage more students to consider Ithaca College and help further diversify our applicant pool.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey\u2019re incredibly imprecise,\u201d says FairTest spokesman Robert Schaeffer. \u201cThey under-predict for women and over-predict for men, for example. And they\u2019re highly coachable, which gives kids who are already likely to do well another leg up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/mindshift\/2012\/06\/will-more-porminent-colleges-abandon-the-sat\/\">Will More Prominent Colleges Abandon the SAT? | MindShift<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2222'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2222);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2222);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2222);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Are we finally starting to move away from standardized, high stakes testing? \u201cStandardized test scores add remarkably little to our ability to predict a student\u2019s success beyond what their high school GPA and course schedule already tell us,\u201d Maguire claims. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/05\/will-more-prominent-colleges-abandon-the-sat-mindshift\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[388,15],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-academia","tag-higher-education"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-zQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3442,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/25\/a-brief-visual-task-can-predict-iq-according-to-a-new-study-httpwww-rochester-edunewsshow-php\/","url_meta":{"origin":2222,"position":0},"title":"A brief visual task can predict IQ, according to a new study.http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/news\/show.php?&#8230;","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"May 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A brief visual task can predict IQ, according to a new study. http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/news\/show.php?id=6422 Motion Quotient J. 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