The problem is not in the tests, it lies somewhere else in the public education systems. ... Colleges and Universities utilize the ACT's and/or the SAT's as the most reliable and unbiased source to compare applicants. ... Tests scores show that there is a divide in performance based on socioeconomic class. Normally, upper class students score higher than lower class. ... The government, colleges, and because students are assessed equally through the use of ACTs and SATs causes reason for standardized testing to stay obligated for students to take. ...

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Many colleges are lowering their academic standards in order to recruit new athletes and to maintain their previous athletes eligible to play for the various sports that their schools offer. ... When 6-foot-9-inch basketball star Kevin Ross played for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, he didn't even know the score (Charen 420). Literally he wasn't able to interpret the score of the game, all he knew was whether his team was winning or losing. ... There are many instances where students with superb SAT or ACT scores are not getting accepted into universities due to that fact...

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At the same time, American education systems were ostensibly in a similar crisis, as detailed in the U.S. ... The College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) declined from 1963 to 1980, with average verbal scores falling over 50 points and average mathematics scores dropping nearly 40 points. ... Systems thinking means optimizing the entire system rather than just changing one area. ... George Westinghouse High School in New York initiated a quality improvement process that decreased the dropout rate from 7.8 percent to 5.3 percent compared to the district average of 17.2% despite lo...

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Stanley Aronowitz, author of "How Class Works in Education: A Memoir", states that in today's system "schooling focuses on preparing students for state exams ("teaching to the test") and for jobs while education teaches students how to think critically and explore new ideas, whether or not they're related to a specific job path or a state exam.... " Aronowitz argues that discipline and control are now the primary criteria of success, and genuine learning is sacrificed to a new dictated educational agenda. ... From local exams to the infamous SAT and ACT ...

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During the 1800's, the United States began its public education program, and Boston and Philadelphia were the first cities to offer art and music education in the new program (Flynn, 2011). ... In the 1930's, the arts education grew so much in the United States that the Federal Arts Program (FAP) was created as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal; and provided jobs for unemployed artists and musicians to work in public schools (Flynn, 2011). ... A report in January 2006 on the status of arts education in California concluded that: "Emphasis on reading and math in b...

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The article gives evidence of the differences between two types of educational systems: Independent and Catholic, both divided into single-sex and coeducational models. ... The article shows an objective tone when hard facts are brought up "SAT composite scores (Verbal plus Math) are 43 points higher for single-sex graduates within the independent school sector, and 28 points higher for single-sex alumnae in the Catholic school sector.... This project allowed me to see the flaws in the system I grew up with and actually agree with the opposing view. Though this didn't change my opini...

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