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...time going to the library? Did you know somebody you could ask who knew the answer to this question? Were you going to be in a group that had a discussion about it? Now, what can't you find in 30 seconds or less? We live an open-book-test life that requires a completely different skill...
...real test of a program of general education is not what it requires of the students, but what it demands of the faculty,” wrote Professor Michael J. Sandel in a January New York Times article on the Harvard curriculum. Articulating the tension between faculty research and undergraduate education in large research universities, Sandel asserted that “general education needs to lean against the specializing tendencies of departments and disciplines...
Thousands of SAT scores from the October 2005 test, including the scores of several Harvard applicants, were mistakenly lowered by up to 400 points out of a possible 2400, the College Board said yesterday. This represents a much greater disparity than previously publicized...
Schaeffer cited a past incident in which 900 students—some of whose rejections were later overturned—received incorrect scores on the Graduate Management Admission Test as evidence that scoring errors can affect admissions decisions...
...Harvard is turning down thousands of kids who have super test scores, so if a kid has 150 more points on the SAT, I don’t think Bill Fitzsimmons will bat an eyelash,” Reider said...