Questioning the value of SATs: SAT scores have little impact on graduation rates and academic performance says study.Bates College Bates College, at Lewiston, Maine; coeducational; founded 1855 as Maine State Seminary, chartered as a college 1864. It was the first Eastern college to admit women students. The Edmund S. Muskie Archives are there. , known for its tax policy on SAT submissions, has released the results of a 20-year study examining the academic performance and graduation rates of about 7,000 SAT submitters and non-submitters. The study found that the difference in graduation rates between the two groups is only one-tenth of a percent. The difference in overall GPAs was a mere five-hundredths of a GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted point and the career outcomes and majors proved to be similar. The study also revealed that Bates' SAT policy, which was initiated in 1984, has drawn increased application rates from women, minorities, low-income students, and others who commonly worry about standardized testing A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] . Since making testing optional, Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. has doubled its applicant pool. This suggests that eliminating standardized testing has helped to improve access to higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. for those students who face barriers. Currently, only one third of each class at Bates enters without submitting test scores. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] |
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