Could Changing College Admissions Be the End of High-Stakes Testing?
Could it be that once the first domino falls the rest will follow?
Leaders at eighty leading colleges and universities, including the Ivy League, are attempting to revise the application process to look at students and their personal interests! They want to focus less on the canned metrics.
Are college and university leaders across the country beginning to understand how crummy high schools are when they focus primarily on dozens of AP courses and the SAT and ACT? Are they also starting to understand that canned service requirements do not get to the heart of a student’s passions and do little to bring out the best in kids?
It seems they are also taking a look at the stresses of schooling and the mental health of students. They seem to get that more students require mental health counseling as they enter college, which could be a significant factor in whether they stay in college.
Why, they are even considering sleep deprivation in kids!
There seems to be understanding, also, that a lot of students are coming out of high Could Changing College Admissions Be the End of High-Stakes Testing?: