When we talk about concerning assessments, we are also not just talking about the upcoming FSA test. The SAT is now being aligned to CCSS… Perhaps the greatest harm to higher education will come from the College Board’s decision to align its SAT tests with Common Core. The SAT has historically been an aptitude test – one designed to predict college success. But the new test would become an achievement test – a retrospective assessment designed to measure mastery of high school material. Many high-achieving countries administer a retrospective test for high school graduation and a predictive college entrance examination. The new test will also be less useful to college admissions officers, since information gained from the retrospective test will duplicate data they already have, such as grade point average and class rank. David Coleman, the lead author of Common Core’s English language arts standards, is now president of the College Board and announced the decision to align the SAT tests with Common Core when he became president. The change in the nature of the SAT will be most harmful to low-income students. An achievement test is far less useful as a vehicle for identifying students with high science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) potential who attended high schools with poor math and science instruction. Retrospective tests are also more susceptible to coaching, which provides another advantage to students from families who can afford test preparation courses. caffeinatedthoughts/2014/09/study-finds-common-core-math-will-reduce-enrollment-high-level-h-s-math-courses/
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