Almost every high school student knows what SATS are. If you’re not familiar with what the SATS it is a test that all high school students take in order to compare themselves to other students across the country. The SATS can either make or break you as a high school student. Majority of colleges look at SATS score. Having a high score can be the difference between getting into the college you want, or having to settle for another college. I took my SATS this past Saturday. In my opinion I do not think that the SATS actually measure how smart you are or how well you do in college. Sure the questions are challenging and require you to think but maybe some people just are not good when it comes to test taking. A student may know all the material but does not do well on tests. But then again the only way colleges can know how smart you are is through SATS.
Colleges use SATS because the curriculum in Texas could be tougher that the curriculum in New York. So someone that may have a 90 average in New York would not do so well in Texas and may have like an 80 average in Texas. In my opinion I think there should be a better way for students to show colleges their intelligence other that the SATS. There are many other universal tests such as the ACTS and subject SATS but I still do not think they show how smart a student. I am not sure what other way there is but I guess for now, the SATS are the only way.
I personally think the SATS are a little too challenging on the reading portion. Some of the vocabulary that is used on there I feel is way beyond high school level. Majority or the students have no clue what the word is so they make educated guesses on the reading portion. If all students are taking educated guesses and getting questions right does that measure how smart they are? Or that they are just really good at taking educated guesses. So basically I think they should tone down the reading section. As for the math section, I feel that it is pretty fair. They make it so that all the questions in the math portion can be answered without a calculator. On the test you are allowed to use a calculator so that puts you at an advantage. Basically the math part tests you on many basic math concepts. But the only problem is that many people take different math classes. So for me, being in calculus, I was a little rusty trying to figure out all the algebra and trig problems that were on the SATS because I have not done anything like that since 10th grade (took pre calc in 11th).
Other that the few flaws I feel that the SATS are overall fair. But I do think they should come up with a better and more efficient way of testing the intelligence of students.
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