Saturday, November 18, 2006
Interesting Articles
One article is about the consequences of "Grade Inflation": a phenomenon that knows no bounds at almost all schools and all grade levels. Some local public school districts, in order to fraudulently inflate their AP rosters, are giving a 25% grade boost to the AP course grade of each AP student. Got a 70? Let's magically count that as an 88 . That will change your C (that's right, a 70 IS a C at almost all of the schools in this country) to a nice B+ (or an A at some schools). Good thing that sports do not have "point inflation" (though some leagues do) otherwise a scrub like Ben Zobrist would have a batting average as high as that of Derek Jeter. Sorry Ben..
Another article is about SAT proctoring. No test can be perfectly standardized due to the impossibility of controlling all variables that might affect the test-taking conditions but that doesn't excuse the almost wanton neglect that occurs at some SAT sites. I don't know the frequency of such occurrences but, if something untoward occurs during your SAT exam, NOTIFY the College Board.
Another article is about SAT proctoring. No test can be perfectly standardized due to the impossibility of controlling all variables that might affect the test-taking conditions but that doesn't excuse the almost wanton neglect that occurs at some SAT sites. I don't know the frequency of such occurrences but, if something untoward occurs during your SAT exam, NOTIFY the College Board.
# posted by C @ 6:06 PM 
