But, the ACT/SAT/GPA are just arbitrary measures, and may not reflect academic potential, but merely testing skills....
Having done a sequence on testing and measures for my initial education work, this was a major point of the lectures -- a test is a possible indicator, but not necessarily a valid one, as to academic progress. Alas, there is little we can do about that, as the only way to verify skills is via trials of some kind....
So, what you said is that you agreed with someone that indicated that anyone with academic potential be given a chance to 'try and fail on their own'. What I said is that there are plenty of people with low testing skills, with issues that keep them from testing well, that are being arbitrarily screened. Why is that more fair?
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Date: 2004-08-20 07:26 pm (UTC)Having done a sequence on testing and measures for my initial education work, this was a major point of the lectures -- a test is a possible indicator, but not necessarily a valid one, as to academic progress. Alas, there is little we can do about that, as the only way to verify skills is via trials of some kind....
So, what you said is that you agreed with someone that indicated that anyone with academic potential be given a chance to 'try and fail on their own'. What I said is that there are plenty of people with low testing skills, with issues that keep them from testing well, that are being arbitrarily screened. Why is that more fair?