In Defense of the SAT Exam

The SAT exam administered by the College board is much maligned.Some parents groups are up in arms and most students are anxious about the weight the exam plays in college admissions.Some colleges have made the SAT and ACT “optional” while some schools have abandoned the standardized test requirement altogether.Organizations such as fairtest.org claim the tests are flawed and misused. While no test is perfect, I truly believe that proper preparation for the SAT has many advantages.The SAT is a reasoning test, and as such, it forces students to develop problem solving and logic skills which are necessary for college and in life.Unfortunately, many High Schools provide students with the opportunity to memorize formulas and facts without any guidance on how to draw inferences and think “outside the box”.Our schools have produced a plethora of regurgitating automatons.There are too many students
In Defense of the SAT Exam