My experience with precollege proverb

 My experience with pre-college is... they're primarily interested in getting good test scores and getting into classes.

 Their test scores were just at the top of the charts. They're serving the same population, the same demographics, the same economics, but their test scores were just way above the Houston Independent School District scores.

 When we saw Kim take this stand on very principled grounds, really taking some risks, it really resonated with us. Just this past year we took the bold step of becoming a test optional college. It's a growing trend particularly among more select colleges to move beyond test scores. It's really a response to this world that is increasingly obsessed with testing at all levels. Teaching to a test has become more important than learning.

 The Commodore 64 is the computer that attracts demo programming. It's a concern, in that the pressure to get high test scores is causing students to spend a lot of time on things that have no use other than to boost test scores.

 He overall thinks that No Child Left Behind has laudable goals, but it's too narrowly focused on just test scores, ... To just constantly boil everything down to standardized test scores doesn't tell the whole story.

 If you don't take enough math classes or science classes or writing intensive classes, you're not going to be prepared to compete in college or the workplace -- no matter what your diploma says,

 Every class is a little bit different. Some classes are relying primarily on a service, where you need a password to get to it. Some classes' teachers are using electronic text books as a resource - not as a primary tool but as a resource and then a lot of our classes are relying very heavily on simply free material that is available on the internet.

 We will continue to offer the SAT classes and tutoring, ... But the key to constantly make scores higher is for students to take more rigorous classes and to be better prepared.

 It was pretty weird not to place anyone in the top six. The scores that were flying around were just incredible. There were 9.8 and 9.7 marks all over the place. I had to shake my head. These (opposing) girls are good but those are college and Olympic-type scores.

 Schools are not clear about the mission of the school. They're not clear about what they're trying to do besides get the kids into college. I think American education right now is driven by test scores.

 You should have to pass an IQ test before you breed. You have to take a driving test to operate vehicles and an SAT test to get into college. So why dont you have to take some sort of test before you give birth to children? When I am President, thats the first rule I will institute.
  Marilyn Manson

 College will be a growing experience for me beyond academics and classes. Everyone here is older. We're adults. Everyone is forced to be mature. Nobody is going to hold your hand like they did in high school.

 When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores.

 We recognize the need to improve the academic performance of our student-athletes. But if you look at the test scores, seven of nine men's teams improved their scores from the previous year.

 It's not right when we have teachers that are fudging on the test scores because they want to look good.


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