The Perils of Standardized Testing: 6 Ways it Harms Learning

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<p>@texaspg, I didn’t have such impression when I read “In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives”. The book went into details and talked about many talents here and from other countries. Most of them hold very solid degrees from reputable US institutions. I highly doubt their reading and writing is below 500/600. Even U.T. Austin (the school I went to) had a minimum requirement of 600 verbal in GRE 20 years ago.</p>

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<p>The thing is, one can got to MIT and not have great scores. They do give you leeway on things other than math and science. Check out the scores.</p>

<p><a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats[/url]”>http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yes it is clearly his opinion. And the position that standardized tests do predict performance is the default one, that’s why it’s interesting to discuss the article.</p>

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<p>@texaspg, you are talking about 2% of MIT population. How many of them ACTUALLY went to Google? Can’t be a lot based on the 2% stats.</p>

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<p>There are more than 180 students with scores under 650 for reading and 140 for writing that were admitted. There are another 210 between 650-690, not anywhere close to being perfect.</p>

<p>From the link above.</p>

<p>Distribution of SAT Reasoning Test Scores (Critical Reading)</p>

<p>Applicants Admits Admit rate
750-800 3,666 633 17%
700-740 3,329 399 12%
650-690 2,691 211 8%
600-640 1,910 121 6%
< 600 2,412 68 3% </p>

<p>Distribution of SAT Reasoning Test Scores (Writing)</p>

<p>Applicants Admits Admit rate
750-800 4,077 732 18%
700-740 2,985 340 11%
650-690 2,721 218 8%
600-640 1,880 101 5%
<600 2,345 41 2%</p>

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<p>Ignoring the word team, I wonder how different, if any, that % is to any other large corporation, which hires food service workers, car/bus drivers, janitorial teams, gardening teams, administrative assistant (teams). Heck, Google even has Doggie Day Care onsite, and I’d be willing to guess that it doesn’t take a college degree to shepherd the family pets all day.</p>

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<p>This slideshow claims to show the top 5 colleges of Google and Apple employees. I note San Jose State is #2 (though that’s because of Apple, it says). [The</a> 7 Most Common Schools For Google And Apple Employees](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>The 7 Most Common Schools For Google And Apple Employees | HuffPost College)</p>

<p>On the list for Google, Stanford and MIT as you might expect, also Carnegie Mellon and UCLA.</p>