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College Board’s Score Choice Draws Support and Criticism

•  Posted by Sarah Ziegler on January 7th, 2009 in Admissions, Articles of Interest
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Beginning in March for the Class of 2010, the College Board will offer Score Choice for students taking the SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject Tests. Rather than be required to report all test scores to colleges, students will now be given the option to pick and choose among their test results. The College Board has claimed that Score Choice was implemented because of student demand and that it will reduce student stress and anxiety surrounding the SAT, but ironically, the College Board abolished its previous score choice program in 2002 because of claims that it encouraged “gaming” the college admissions system. Many college counselors and admissions officers now fear that Score Choice will encourage students to take the test more times, and overemphasize testing more in their college preparation, rather than less.

The New York Times reported on the issue and the growing camps in favor of (including Harvard and the University of Chicago) and opposed to (including Stanford and Pomona) Score Choice. Read detailed responses from deans at Stanford and Harvard.

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