Discuss “Standardized tests may come to college”
Traditionally, students have equated the beginning of college with the end of one’s standardized testing career. However, soon these two may no longer be mutually exclusive.
The Commission on the Future of Higher Education, under the direction of Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, has been discussing the advantages to be gained from administering a standardized test designed specifically for college students.
According to a February 13 article in The New York Times, the issue was raised out of a perceived need for more accountability in colleges and universities. Commission members felt that it would be advantageous to create one standard test to be administered to every college student in the nation.
The exam would test students’...
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