首页
登录
职称英语
The Fairness of College Entrance ExamsI. SAT and ACT: major tests to measure ap
The Fairness of College Entrance ExamsI. SAT and ACT: major tests to measure ap
游客
2024-09-09
1
管理
问题
The Fairness of College Entrance Exams
I. SAT and ACT: major tests to measure applicants’ 【T1】______
II. Tendency to drop admission requirements
-More than 【T2】______ universities require no SAT or ACT test score
-More and more universities become test-optional
-Others: care more about an applicant’s life experience, 【T3】______, community services and talents.
III. GPA: another way to judge applicants’ 【T4】______
International applicants: convert to GPA 【T5】______
It is a better 【T6】______ of academic strength
IV. Views about the fairness of SAT
-Cheryl O’Brien believes:
a) 【T7】______ students have a advantage on tests
b) Self study: no 【T8】______
-A 2010 study: SAT was 【T9】______ certain minority group
-Ryan Lessing, a student at Brown University:
It is a benchmark 【T10】______ among applicants, not the cause of educational inequality [br] 【T8】
The Fairness of College Entrance Exams
I’m Anne Ball. Today we will talk about the fairness of college entrance exams. The SAT and ACT are the two major college entrance tests in the United States. [1]
For years, colleges have used these tests to help measure an applicant’s academic skills.
But a growing number of American universities are dropping the entrance exam requirement. [2]
More than 800 universities now allow students to apply without an SAT or ACT test score.
More universities are becoming "test optional." Students who apply to test-optional schools can choose whether they want to include test scores in their applications. Each of America’s more than 3,000 colleges and universities has its own admission requirements. At some colleges, test scores are very important. [3]
Others are more interested in an applicant’s life experience, teacher recommendations, community services, and talents.
[4]
High school GPA, or grade point average, is another way to judge a student’s ability.
A GPA of 3.5 or higher (on scale from 0 to 4) is considered good. [5]
For international applicants, universities have specialists review the academic standards of different countries and convert them to GPA equivalents.
Jennifer Tkacz is the Director of International Admissions at George Mason University. It is the largest test-optional university in the United States. She explains why the school went test-optional in 2006. [6]
"The university administration felt that for many students, their test scores aren’t necessarily a reflection of their academic strength and the GPA is a much better indicator."
Ms. Tkacz says high school performance says more about a student’s potential than a test score.
Cheryl O’Brien owns a test preparation company in New York. [7]
She says wealthy students have a major advantage on college entrance tests.
They can spend months or even years preparing for the test with private teachers. But self-study, even for highly motivated students, is not the same. [8]
Ms. O’Brien explains: "It’s never going to be as good as working with somebody when you can have feedback.
Books don’t talk back to you. Books don’t explain to you what’s going on and how to understand something." A 2010 study in the Harvard Educational Review argued that the SAT used vocabulary that was more familiar to white test takers. [9]
The study said that the SAT "appears to be biased against the African-American minority group."
Ryan Lessing is a student at Brown University, a highly selective school that requires a test score. He says the SAT is not perfect, but it serves an important purpose. "What the SATs provide is a relatively neutral benchmark... The rigor of coursework is not the same across schools. The activities available are not the same across schools... [10]
The SAT provides some benchmark, which is at least relatively consistent among applicants."
Mr. Lessing says the SAT is not the cause of educational inequality. He says the difference in test scores just reflects the deep inequality in American society.
选项
答案
feedback
解析
本题还是与Cheryl O’Brien对入学考试的看法有关。录音中提到富裕的学生可以请家教来应对考试,但自学是不一样的,学习时得不到他人的反馈。因此填入feedback。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3750606.html
相关试题推荐
AccordingtotheAmericanCollegeHealthAssociation’smostrecentannualna
AccordingtotheAmericanCollegeHealthAssociation’smostrecentannualna
PASSAGETWOCollegesupgradetheirimagebychangingtheirnames.本文主要讨论了美国一些学院为了提
PASSAGEONEDebtforgivenesstoindebtedcollegegraduates作者在第三段第一句提到,很多反对华尔街的抗议者
Thegovernmenthaslauncheditsconsultationonbettermeasuresofchildpov
Thegovernmenthaslauncheditsconsultationonbettermeasuresofchildpov
Itwasnotsolongagothatparentsdroveateenagertocollegecampus,said
Theyhavedoneawaywith_____LatinforuniversityentranceatHarvard.A、influe
(l)Collegestudentsaremorestressedoutthaneverbefore—atleastaccordin
(l)Collegestudentsaremorestressedoutthaneverbefore—atleastaccordin
随机试题
Everysuitcaseis______withyourclothes;Ican’tfindanemptyone.A、findB、fi
Inthecollectedbodyofwritingwecallliterature,theremaybedistinguish
对于商标注册的申请,下列选项的叙述正确的是( )。A.注册商标需要在同一类的其
发病机制和临床表现均与X连锁严重型联合免疫缺陷病相似的疾病是A.腺苷脱氨酶缺乏
A.结晶紫B.二甲酚橙C.淀粉溶液D.甲基红E.邻二氮菲亚铁配位滴定法选用指示剂
关于报表披露,下列说法正确的是()。A:发行人运行3年以上的,应披露最近3年及
制约心理咨询有效性的因素中,特殊有效性因素是指()单选A.求助者对咨询师的信心
服用经肝或相当药量经肝清除的药物,肝功能减退时其清除或代谢产物形成减少,可导致明
(2018年真题)在选择价值工程研究对象时,应遵循的原则是( )。A.在设计方面
职业健康安全管理体系与环境管理体系的建立步骤中,在制定方针目标指标和管理方案前进
最新回复
(
0
)