Standardized testing.
So, today I just took the PSAT, tedious and annoying, but this and exposure to other tests made me ask myself the following questions, and then made me wonder other people's answers to said questions.
Is standardized testing a accurate representation of intelligence?
Is it considered to be okay to judge a person, without knowing them, based solely off a ACT/SAT/PSAT/PACT score?
As a human being, taking these tests, do you see them as an accurate symbol of what goes on in your grey matter?
----My answers
The tests that we take for our "future" have a impact that I believe to be over-exaggerated. Everyone has the capacity to learn and go further in their education. I believe that what instead should be given more credence should be a test measuring your own ambition to learn further in life, not a test testing whether or not you actually paid attention in class. If one is ambitious in the pursuit of knowledge the rest will follow in my opinion.
The actual result of these tests, along with less notable others, only shows if you have basic functions of the brain. The so called critical thinking questions are anything but, they are again a test to see how much attention you give to what you do and then your opinion about the subject matter. If anything these tests would only tell me if this person can pay attention and understand what's being stated, not if they actually care about the material itself, which in my opinion is more important than basic marks on a test.
There are multiple functions that take place in the brain, and the functions we use taking these tests are inadequate in measuring them all, much less define how intelligent you are. As an example, I can read and learn about hawking radiation, learn whaat it means the functions for doing so, and never have it come up on a test. To my own knowledge, knowledge is a factor of intelligence that just isn't tested by these tests adequately.
Those looking at my answers, I apologize, this is more of the result of a storm then a concentrated stream of thought.
Is standardized testing a accurate representation of intelligence?
Is it considered to be okay to judge a person, without knowing them, based solely off a ACT/SAT/PSAT/PACT score?
As a human being, taking these tests, do you see them as an accurate symbol of what goes on in your grey matter?
----My answers
The tests that we take for our "future" have a impact that I believe to be over-exaggerated. Everyone has the capacity to learn and go further in their education. I believe that what instead should be given more credence should be a test measuring your own ambition to learn further in life, not a test testing whether or not you actually paid attention in class. If one is ambitious in the pursuit of knowledge the rest will follow in my opinion.
The actual result of these tests, along with less notable others, only shows if you have basic functions of the brain. The so called critical thinking questions are anything but, they are again a test to see how much attention you give to what you do and then your opinion about the subject matter. If anything these tests would only tell me if this person can pay attention and understand what's being stated, not if they actually care about the material itself, which in my opinion is more important than basic marks on a test.
There are multiple functions that take place in the brain, and the functions we use taking these tests are inadequate in measuring them all, much less define how intelligent you are. As an example, I can read and learn about hawking radiation, learn whaat it means the functions for doing so, and never have it come up on a test. To my own knowledge, knowledge is a factor of intelligence that just isn't tested by these tests adequately.
Those looking at my answers, I apologize, this is more of the result of a storm then a concentrated stream of thought.
Comments
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No it's not, i don't know why they put such an emphasis on it (colleges), i know perfectly smart people that don't do well on the ACT, it mostly test your test taking abilities and preparedness, there are people that just keep taking these test over but does not benefit their intelligence or even help them do better in college. Regardless you should try to do your best, I received a 30 on the ACT and it nearly got me 10000 dollars a year.
btw PSAT and ACT are similar in ways we just use ACT more in my state. -
also there are different types of intelligence, it is difficult to test intelligence, some people are just better at things than others, but that doesn't make the other person unintelligent, more and more psychologist are leaning towards Howard Gardner's theory. (test 7 areas of intel)
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also there are different types of intelligence, it is difficult to test intelligence, some people are just better at things than others, but that doesn't make the other person unintelligent, more and more psychologist are leaning towards Howard Gardner's theory. (test 7 areas of intel)
Yeah I've taken the online free version of that test, must say the results are far more informative of what you're skilled at. -
And that's the reason Canadian Schools don't base your intelligence on tests [the last test we have before going off to University that is standardized is the Literacy Test in Grade 10]. They base it off of overall performance in your best classes [they average out your 6 top grades in either Grade 12 or Grade 11, it depends on when they are looking at your application] and of what you've done in life, not on what you did in a day of testing.
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And that's the reason Canadian Schools don't base your intelligence on tests [the last test we have before going off to University that is standardized is the Literacy Test in Grade 10]. They base it off of overall performance in your best classes [they average out your 6 top grades in either Grade 12 or Grade 11, it depends on when they are looking at your application] and of what you've done in life, not on what you did in a day of testing.
Why I hate being American =( -
Well they do that here also, but it can go either way, some people can get a 30+ on ACT (36 max) and have like a 3.5 and still get accepted a nice university, or you can have a 4.0 and like a 26 on your ACT and they will look at your GPA. They tend to look at your best score vs GPA/ACT. But if you want to get into a program such as medical/law/business right away you have to have both.And that's the reason Canadian Schools don't base your intelligence on tests [the last test we have before going off to University that is standardized is the Literacy Test in Grade 10]. They base it off of overall performance in your best classes [they average out your 6 top grades in either Grade 12 or Grade 11, it depends on when they are looking at your application] and of what you've done in life, not on what you did in a day of testing. -
Eh. Hating my life right now.
The SAT emphasizes on literature basics, vocabulary (which will be useful later in some extent) and geometry. The ways they apply geometry inside the SAT itself is torturing.
The average GPA of A-G requirements is rising, even it says 3.0 specifically, it has probably raised about 0.5 on average by now.
A great university is applicable to those who deserve it. What they see in us is what's in our 10th and 11th grades, and it seems impossible (to some) to get into the right future now these days, as competition for the best is expanding significantly, statistically saying.
SAT, GPA (in 10th and 11th grade, more emphasized) and social/economic/political education is somewhat required to get into a decent college.
Then on from college, you have to find a way to your goal, which by then they assume you have chose in high school, like taking the right courses. -
Aimoperative wrote: »Taking this on the 15. HELP ME.
STUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDY DAMNIT!!!
THE HARDEST THING TO DO IN SCHOOL!
Go online and look for geometry released questions. Same as for some english questions. Simple, right? I object myself.
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