To: HAC & PGE Board, FYI, to share with your respective groups:

The answer to multiple tests
By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY

"...For decades, students applying to virtually any U.S. college or university have had the option of submitting scores from either the SAT or ACT. Most kids stick with just one, usually based on where they live. The SAT, owned by New York-based College Board, tends to be the test of choice for students on the East and West coasts. The ACT, in Iowa City, is most popular in most states in between.
  Comparing test components
"Most admissions experts say the SAT and ACT are equally helpful (or harmful, in the case of some testing critics) in predicting an applicant's success as a first-year college student. But the tests aren't the same. Here's a look at how the two compare. The new SAT makes its debut in March; the ACT optional writing section will first be offered in February...."

Read the full article at
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2004-08-16-sat-act_x.htm

More information:

Those interested in more information comparing the (current) SAT I, the SAT II, and the ACT, may want to check out the FairTest fact sheet on this topic at:
http://www.fairtest.org/facts/univtestcomparison.html

Thanks to Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director
FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing

Posted 8/16/2004 9:17 PM     Updated 8/16/2004 9:23 PM    © Copyright 2004 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
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Terry James Mohaupt, Chairman, Parent Affiliates
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ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED CHILDREN
an affiliate of National Association for Gifted Children
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"If the unhappy day ever comes when teachers point their students towards these newer examinations, then we may look for the inevitable distortion of education in terms of tests."
--Carl Brigham, "The Father of the SAT" (1926).