College-Admissions Group Weighs Calls to Dump SAT
A special commission of the National Association for College Admission Counseling studying the use of standardized admissions tests didn’t call for the expulsion of the SAT at the association’s annual meeting here last week, but it’s clear the 81-year-old exam would not be voted “most popular” either.
In a session billed as a “listening meeting” of the commission, which is chaired by Harvard University’s dean of admissions and financial aid, more than 100 high school counselors and college-admissions officers packed a standing-room only meeting room to listen and voice thoughts about the validity and usefulness of admissions tests.
On the subject of the SAT, though, most of the speakers differed mainly on whether they wanted to see the SAT made...
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