Comments on: “College Panel Calls For Less Focus On SATs” http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/ A higher education blog about news, humor, advice, and opinion on education, college degrees, university life and careers. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Educated Nation--(Possibly) The End Of Helicopter Parenting | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/comment-page-2/#comment-125243 Educated Nation--(Possibly) The End Of Helicopter Parenting | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:59:55 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/#comment-125243 [...] Acceptance Awesome Parent “Bursting the AP Bubble” “College Panel Calls For Less Focus On SATs” College Student Spy Cams Find Your Happy Place Media Frenzy Around High-Pressure College Admissions Perpetual Perpetration Play Doh-Smeared Credentials Private College Counselors Testing Season Begins [...] [...] Acceptance Awesome Parent “Bursting the AP Bubble” “College Panel Calls For Less Focus On SATs” College Student Spy Cams Find Your Happy Place Media Frenzy Around High-Pressure College Admissions Perpetual Perpetration Play Doh-Smeared Credentials Private College Counselors Testing Season Begins [...]

]]> By: Educated Nation--"Rethinking Admissions" | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/comment-page-1/#comment-125142 Educated Nation--"Rethinking Admissions" | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:06:19 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/#comment-125142 [...] College Admissions Testing: For and Against “College Panel Calls for Less Focus on SATs” The SAT Is Not Good Wake Forest University Drops SAT Requirement An Excellent Argument for Abolishing the SAT The Newly Unfabulous SAT Awesome Parent Testing Season Begins [...] [...] College Admissions Testing: For and Against “College Panel Calls for Less Focus on SATs” The SAT Is Not Good Wake Forest University Drops SAT Requirement An Excellent Argument for Abolishing the SAT The Newly Unfabulous SAT Awesome Parent Testing Season Begins [...]

]]> By: Educated Nation--"Bursting the AP Bubble" | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/comment-page-1/#comment-125031 Educated Nation--"Bursting the AP Bubble" | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:28:30 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/#comment-125031 [...] Adults (like me) yammer on and on about the best and worst ways for kids to be taught. It was refreshing and intriguing to hear a student write less-than-favorable things about AP classes. While I’m a staunch supporter of education, learning, and getting into college (if that’s where a kid wants to go), I have historically had a hard time with the unhealthily intense focus that parents and high school students seem to have with Getting Into College. I have a slew of foul language and inappropriate utterances that are just begging to tumble forth whenever I think about the hoop-jumping and the high pressure. [...] [...] Adults (like me) yammer on and on about the best and worst ways for kids to be taught. It was refreshing and intriguing to hear a student write less-than-favorable things about AP classes. While I’m a staunch supporter of education, learning, and getting into college (if that’s where a kid wants to go), I have historically had a hard time with the unhealthily intense focus that parents and high school students seem to have with Getting Into College. I have a slew of foul language and inappropriate utterances that are just begging to tumble forth whenever I think about the hoop-jumping and the high pressure. [...]

]]> By: Annabel http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/comment-page-1/#comment-124849 Annabel Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:18:04 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/#comment-124849 good commentary on the SAT and diversity http://www.pushback.org/2008/09/30/rethinking-the-sat/ good commentary on the SAT and diversity

http://www.pushback.org/2008/09/30/rethinking-the-sat/

]]> By: » College Panel Calls For Less Focus On SATs http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/comment-page-1/#comment-124845 » College Panel Calls For Less Focus On SATs Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:36:19 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/#comment-124845 [...] Its like a month of miracles! (The pessimist in me is concerned that a good month now will mean we’re all doomed come election month.) First the Unigo.com thing, and now this. Im too involved with doing my happy dance (similar to the Snoopy dance, only its much more cerebral when I […]Read More… [Source: Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog] [...] [...] Its like a month of miracles! (The pessimist in me is concerned that a good month now will mean we’re all doomed come election month.) First the Unigo.com thing, and now this. Im too involved with doing my happy dance (similar to the Snoopy dance, only its much more cerebral when I […]Read More… [Source: Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog] [...]

]]> By: Test Prep Central · “College Panel Calls For Less Focus On SATs” http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/comment-page-1/#comment-124843 Test Prep Central · “College Panel Calls For Less Focus On SATs” Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/09/25/college-panel-calls-for-less-focus-on-sats/#comment-124843 [...] Original post by Alexa [...] [...] Original post by Alexa [...]

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