Colleges should de-emphasize test scores

[bluebayou]

<p>IMO, the cc focus on testing is overblown. As one college counselor likes to say: “In admissions, tests don’t count as much as you/we think but, unfortunately, they could for more than you/we would like.”</p>

<p>The problem with one-size-fits all-standardized testing is that it will find kids of a certain personality type, to the detriment of those not of that personality type. </p>

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Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that, after controlling for classroom achievement and gender, the personality variables could explain 21% of the verbal score variance and 8% of the mathematics score variance. The implication is that the existence of personality differences is one reason for not using SAT scores in isolation from actual achievement data when the purpose is to describe the achievement or achievement potential of individuals or groups.

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<p>[Relationships</a> of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Characteristics and Self-Reported Academic Problems and Skill Ratings with Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores – Schurr et al. 48 (1): 187 – Educational and Psychological Measurement](<a href=“http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/48/1/187]Relationships”>http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/48/1/187)</p>