1. Standardized Testing and its Social Faults
However, almost annually throughout a student's life of education, the test of all tests is placed on each desk and the brand new box of factory sharpened number two pencils make their way out of the filing cabinet. ... It is often stated that statistically females score lower on standardized tests such as the SATs and ACTs. ... At the forefront of the issue are the SATs which are often thought of as the most influential test the average student will ever take. ... On the 1998 SAT boys were 35 points ahead of girls in math and 7 points ahead in English (Sommers 32). ... It is true tha...
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