IN HIS PERSPECTIVE PIECE in the Spring 2014 issue of CommonWealth (“To fill our talent pool, fix remedial education”), Higher Education Commissioner Richard Freeland expressed concern at the number of college students who are placed into developmental math courses and fail to progress. We agree that far too many students are in developmental math courses. However, […]
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SAT: Still Applicable Today?
A. E. B. C. A. D…….. It’s 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday. You’re sitting in a classroom with 30 other kids, filling in bubble after bubble with your No. 2 pencil while trying not to fall asleep. Three hours and 45 minutes have never felt so long. You wonder what makes this test so important. […]