SAT

              In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century African Americans were involved in the major popular sports like baseball, football, boxing and horse racing. As America embraced segregation, African Americans were evicted from professional sports despite their outstanding and superior skills. With the formation of sports unions and associations, African Americans were barred from…

Does the SAT show a direct correlation with a students success rate during his first semester of college?Almost every person who is of the age of eighteen or older has encountered some sort of standardized test at some time in their lives. Whether or not they scored as they had hoped, is a different story….

Originally established in 1844 as the Normal School, the University at Albany State University of New York (SUNY) or UAlbany, as it is commonly known, has a long history of providing training and research. Aside from being a premiere public research institution, UAlbany gives its students many opportunities for learning, thanks to its numerous study…

The rush of adrenaline as you quickly try to read the last questions on the ACT booklet when your teacher says “One minute left.” Your hands are sweating and the pencil in slipping, the teacher announces “Pencils down.” Throughout the four years of highschool, the school system prepares students for the country wide standardized tests….

Yes, these are just only numbers, but are they really? People have gotten anxiety by hearing or seeing a number so little, yet it can have a tremendous impact on one’s “future” as one has been told. Those are numbers that one can get on the Standardized Assessment Test the nation gives out to teens…

An article I found online encourages colleges to focus more on a student’s creativity obtained from extracurricular activities versus a standardized test score. Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence focuses around the idea that intelligence comes from three different skills: analytical, practical, and creative (Lecture Notes: Intelligence and Achievement Fritz, 10/23/18). Most IQ tests or the…

The SAT was initially introduced in 1926 as a military test. It was used to assess recruits during WWI. Throughout the years the use for these standardized tests have changed. They are now used to ease up the college admissions process. Many argue that these tests are a good indicator of how someone’s future will…

The ACT and SAT are entrance exams used to make decisions by universities and colleges. Many citizens spend their teenage years in the United states preparing for the SAT and ACT. Nonetheless, these admission exams have been considered optional or completely unnecessary by more colleges and universities in recent years, often to encourage a more…

It is that time of the year where students shed their tears and stress over two the biggest tests they will ever take in their life, the SAT and ACT. The tests that determine their fate of whether they will be granted or denied the acceptance into the college of their dreams. Tests that can…

950. 1100. 1420. Yes, these are just only numbers, but are they really? People have gotten anxiety by hearing or seeing a number so little, yet it can have a tremendous impact on one’s “future” as one has been told. Those are numbers that one can get on the Standardized Assessment Test the nation gives…