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Read carefully the following excerpt on standardized test argument in the US

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问题     Read carefully the following excerpt on standardized test argument in the USA, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:
    1) Summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then
    2) Comment on whether universities should use standardized tests in enrolling. You should support yourself with information from the excerpt.
    Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
                                                Should Standardized Tests Be Used in the Enrollment?
    The SAT is the most widely used and most heavily researched college admissions test in the country. In combination with other data, such as a student’s grade-point average, college application essays, and letters of recommendation, the SAT has proven to be a valid, fair, and reliable data tool for college admission. All of the available research supports this point.
    The great majority of our nation’s colleges and universities accept the SAT as an integral part of the admission process, and most that require the submission of the SAT do so because they know they can make better admission decisions if they have as many data as possible about every student applicant.
    The SAT was originally conceived as an objective measure to even the differences in curriculum and grading across the country. But objectivity has eroded, while the perceived importance of the test has grown.
    At Wake Forest University, we saw more costs than benefits to standardized tests. We wanted to signal to prospective students what we really care about: four years of high school success in the most rigorous available curriculum, applied creativity and imagination, and hunger for the opportunity of a Wake Forest education. After careful thought, we made test scores optional—and hoped to enroll students with a broader range of talents, backgrounds, and abilities.
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答案                                                 Standardized Tests Work!
    According to the excerpt, SAT as a standardized test plays an important role in college admission since it provides reliable, valid and fair data for colleges and universities, but now even with its growing importance, the test has been found not so beneficial to Wake Forest University in enrolling prospective students. In my opinion, those large-scale tests are effective as a placement test, but more assessment means should be taken into consideration as well.
    Apparently, standardized tests can be properly used as an objective means of recruiting new students and greatly help colleges and universities make decisions about college readiness. Especially when grade inflation has made it difficult to weigh the real value of the GPA of a student from one school against that of a student from another, those tests offer a fair and just playing field in college admission. Research has clearly shown that SAT is not biased against any ethnic or racial group and connects students to college success with commitment to excellence and equality.
    However, frequent test practices may devalue the test itself and can not reflect the real academic ability of candidates. A broad range of criteria should be considered: personal interviews, reflective essays, letters of recommendation, and a thorough examination of high school curriculum and grades, which reveal more about intellectual ability and curiosity than the score on a test administered one Saturday morning. All these can be found from the enrollment at Wake Forest University
    In my opinion, the best way of college admission is to rely on both standardized tests and other criteria at an appropriate proportion.
解析 所提供的文字材料是关于SAT类型的标准考试的作用，材料中包含两个方面的观点，一方面认为标准考试能够客观地评估学生的学业水平，为大学录取提供关于考生的有效可信的数据；另一方面提出随着考试重要性的增加，标准考试的客观性已经弱化，其他类型的评估方式如平时学业表现、学生档案等更能客观地反映出学生的综合能力。因此，这一作文题目要求考生综述关于标准化考试的两方面观点，同时提出自己的看法或立场。
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