@momka24 wow you called yesterday?? I also spoke to a supervisor who confirmed the info I was receiving from the reps. This is insane!! I made note of the names and ID numbers as well as the time I spoke with each individual as to verify exactly what I was being told by each. I know they tape record conversations as well so the time you spoke would be very important. I will now send an email to get information in writing as to why the info I am being told on the phone by these individuals is different that the so called updated info on the website.
I think it would be helpful if others do the same.
That is why it is so funny that 3 people at College Board read to me that “the experimental section that is never counted will now be counted for the June 6th test”. I would suggest calling for yourself to see what response you receive. It appears that the info they are sharing on the website and twitter is the same but it is not what they are saying on the phone.
@momoftcm - they are throwing out 2 sections for each student 8 & 9. On both the website and twitter it says that’s what they are going to do. In the beginning they said one section but they changed their minds.
@MichiganGeorgia I took that info as accurate as well until I saw people on here who had posted that they received different info by phone. So yesterday I decided to call and 3 different reps gave me the above info.
“by all means complain, vent, sign the petition, don’t sign the petition. Know that nothing will change…”
Perhaps signing a petition will have limited effect. However, I do think that out of the 480,000students that took this test, we will see a class action suit get filed. That will change things… and if that happens they will most likely refer to the petition in court- so the petition could very well count.
I think some attorney is going to look at this as a “breech of contract” issue in that CB states on their website what remedies they can or will take in case of testing irregularities and they decided to implement something entirely different for the June 6 SAT.
Yeah, attorneys are going to be lining up left and right to file a class action suit on behalf of the almost 400 people who have bothered to sign an internet petition.
This is America, and there a plenty of lawyers languishing in a bad jobs market, so you can’t rule anything out, but…
I get the feeling these sky are falling posts are coming from one chicken little. Every one of them have one or two posts, similar type names, and claiming the same hysteria. Hmmm
@samiamy Perhaps you should educate yourself about the gravity of the matter before you bash everyone here for worrying. It’s not so much “hysteria” as it is indignation.
@MichiganGeorgia Wow, if that’s true then the CB is handling the situation in the most horrendous manner.
“Oh well, let’s throw out two sections, totaling over 40 minutes, only one of which was affected by an additional 5 minute extension, just because we’re CB and we can do what we wish. I’m sure that will fix everything.”
Every few days I check here to see if this is resolved. I’m sad to see that it is still so chaotic with differing info going out. Mistakes are a part of life. But they really need to get a better crisis management team and handle a single message. Even if that message is, please be patient, we don’t know yet"…a shame bc so many people have so much riding on this:(
For once, I feel lucky for being an international student. Although, I feel really sorry for you guys in the states and I hope that the issue is resolved successfully and fairly because of how important these tests are!
Aleksandr7, I am very educated in regards to the ramifications of the situation, as I have a child who took it on the 6th. I also have had two older kids take the SATs with various glitches along the way, delayed scores, deadlines, scholarship timelines, and guess what? It works out in the end.
@samiamy Perhaps you should educate yourself about the gravity of the matter before you bash everyone here for worrying. It's not so much "hysteria" as it is indignation.<<<
@xiggi that doesn’t make any sense…how would my own message apply to myself? I’m not the one calling the situation a hysteria, nor am I bashing anyone here for worrying.
In any case, I did educate myself. I contacted Mr. Robert Schaeffer from FairTest, and apparently the College Board now seeks to eliminate the last Math and Reading sections.
Well, now that any misconceptions are cleared out of the way, and now that I know what the CB is really planning to do…
I still don’t believe this will be a reliable score report. I understand that colleges are waiting to see how this will be handled, that was also confirmed by Mr. Schaeffer, but in the end a non-affected test will be a better reflection of a student’s score and aptitude than an adjusted test with two missing sections.
@Aleksandr7 “I still don’t believe this will be a reliable score report.”
Yet you didn’t cancel your scores did you?
When the scores are released, my guess is that about half the people who are currently so upset about this test are going to disappear like they were raptured, because they will have scored better than expected and casting doubt on the test is no longer going to be in their interest.
And there will be another outbreak of complaining from those who are disappointed, possibly joined by some other folks who will now have a convenient excuse for their below expectation scores. After venting for a bit, the vast majority of these will get down to business and start preparing for the October test.
(Note: I fully acknowledge that there probably will be some people who will receive lower scores than they might have on a regular test. I just think that a) the number impacted in any statistically significant way will be quite small and b) there will be a roughly equally size group who will score somewhat BETTER than they would have otherwise.)
@NickFlynn Everything you just said is merely speculative. How can you say with such assurance that this will become “a convenient excuse for their below expectation scores”? If we don’t get our ACTUAL scores, we won’t know if the curved score is anywhere near accurate!
Here are the simple, basic facts of the case. If these don’t make sense to you, then I don’t know what will:
we paid to take the “SAT”, not the “SAT minus two sections”. We PAID for it; by LAW, the College Board is required to either: release our actual scores so that we receive the product/service that we paid for, or give us all a refund for the product that was not fully given to us in exchange for our money
there is absolutely no way that an SAT with 2 missing sections, no matter how much CB curves the score or no matter how accurate they claim the adjusted scores to be, can be compared to a regular SAT with 3 sections in both Math and Reading. A student who takes the regular SAT will have a better reflective score than a student whose test is missing two of the critical sections
once again, there is no way you can know that people will score “BETTER than they would have otherwise”, nor does this even matter. If that IS the case and some people end up getting a better/worse score than they would have originally, then by definition it is not reflective of a person’s true score! Therein lies the issue, Nick!
Or how about this: if the new adjusted scores, with two missing sections, are in fact reliable, then why won’t College Board let us see our real scores as well? Theoretically, if the new SAT score report is truly reflective of what we “should” or “would” have gotten, then logically speaking it should be very close to what we actually scored. Now here’s the problem: how CAN it be close/accurate to that score if it’s missing two sections??
Provide logical explanations to the above questions and MAYBE–just maybe–I will acquiesce.