McConnell's first email to the AG's office noted that "Tom" took the Wonderlic Scholastic Level Exam and scored a 4. "This is supposed to be the equivalent of a fourth grade education," she wrote.
A pent-up reservoir of talent and ambition was released as 5.7 million people took the two-day exam in November and December 1977, in what may have been the most competitive scholastic test in modern Chinese history.
He took the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) exams, scoring 5 out of 150 in mathematics and 148 out of 150 in the written section, to the consternation of his teachers.
"Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll," your May 20 front-page article about the flaws in the design, administration and grading of scholastic achievement exams, addresses only part of the problem of using such exams to measure understanding.
As an intuitive illustration, consider university admission exams, like the American Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and Graduate Record Exam (GRE).
For example, its possible that the relationship between Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) verbal score and exam performance might differ for a student in a class with multiple-choice exams versus essay exams.
ACT (American College Test); SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test); Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT).
It enjoys a near-monopoly on prep services for language and entrance exams used in the United States, including the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Scholastic Aptitude Test used to qualify for undergraduate programs and the Graduate Management Admission Test, required of business school applicants.
The American S.A.T., which formerly stood for the Scholastic Assesment Test, is now considered by hundreds of universities in more 60 countries, according to Leslie Sepuka of the College Board, the nonprofit association that runs the exam.
SAT - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test.
