SATs Do Not Take the Full Measure Of a High School Student by. Jill Tiefenthaler

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2009/09/04/sats-do-not-take-the-full-measure-of-a-high-school-student

1. The general argument made by Jill Tiefenthaler in her 2009 article for U.S News entitled, "SATs Do Not Take the Full Measure of a High School Student," is that standardized tests, specifically the SAT, does not measure the complexities of the intelligence of a student, therefore their scores should not be the main determining factor in admission to college. More specifically, she argues that these test scores do not reflect the student's values and they do nothing to suggest what a student might contribute to the "character and vitality of an intellectual community." In this passage, Tiefenthaler is suggesting that there is more to a student and what they will bring to their college than standardized test scores will lead the admissions board to believe; that there are a range of skills that will never show up on test scores, so colleges should stop focusing on them when accepting students into their institutions.

2. In her argument against standardized testing as the main focus of admission boards of colleges, U.S. News writer Jill Tiefenthaler argues that test scores don't reflect a student's values or what they might contribute to the "character and vitality of an intellectual community." Tiefenthaler explains that "integrity, work ethic, open-mindedness, and passion for learning" are all things that don't show up on a student's SAT score, therefore, the score should not be the main focus of determining their acceptance into college. She illustrates that a standardized test score does not show a student's potential or the range of values that colleges should look for in their applicants.