The SAT: Standardized Aptitude Test or Stratifying Academic Troublemaker?
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published 02/06/2008
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Summary1600 has become one of the most desirable numbers in academic society. There is arguably no other number that carries so much weight, that sends such a heavy message among members of the educational system. The SAT test (or Scholastic Aptitude Test as it was originally called) has been the ultimate source of the glorification and mystification of this number; a perfect score of 1600 on the SAT is in many instances cause for newspaper articles and news coverage! As the dominant standardized college entrance examination in America and many other countries of the world, the test has both shaped and reflected cultural trends of thought concerning intelligence and academic capability. Still, on a more basic level, the very existence and practice of the SAT reflects and perpetuates cultural ideas that are deeply embedded in the reasons for holding the examination year after year.
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- An Anthropological Approach to Standardized Testing in America.
- A second inference to be made from the College Board's statement is that capability is indirectly measurable.
- To expose further how the test reflects and influences American thought.
- The testing location holds cultural meaning, since it is almost always high school classrooms and is proctored by teachers and faculty.
- Further distancing, separation, and social stratification occurs through the implementation and proctoring of the exam.
- Beyond the test's immediate purpose and implementation, there are other societal considerations.
- The idea of scoring well on the test has been associated with success so much that people invest incredible time and energy in preparatory courses.
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