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Student's Should Not Take The SAT'S

In my opinion students should not take the SAT's. It gives some students more advantages, based on race their or wealth. Students should not take the SAT's because of the three reasons. It is bias against minority groups. It also should not be determined whether a student goes to a prestigious college or not because of one test. Lastly, students should not take the SAT's because it tests students on their test taking skills rather than their knowledge.

The first reason I am in favor for students not to take the SAT's is because there are questions on the SAT that white students often get correctly and the minorities such as African American or Latinos get incorrectly. On average white students get a score of 200 or higher than most minorities. In 1999 according to the Revolutionary Worker online article, African Americans an average scored 93 points below the white test takers on the verbal section, and an average of 106 points below on the math section. More white test takers of the SAT's tend to get more questions correctly than the minority groups because of their education.

Students acceptance to a college should also not be based on only one test. My cousin wanted to be an architect but he did not do well in the reading nor writing part and he lost he chance in getting into the prestigious college of his choice. He was an excellent student but he lost his opportunity to get into the college he wanted because of his low SAT scores. Students are losing many opportunities and dreams because they are not getting into the college of their choice. The college admission people look at student SAT scores and come to conclusions of the student just by one test.

Lastly, students should not take the SAT's because students are tested more on their test taking skills rather than what they've learned throughout high school. The test has limited time in all sections, which could give some students test anxiety. Students should have all the reasonable time they need in order to test their knowledge and not how fast they could solve or answer the question. Students should be tested on what they've learned because that's what they went to school for.

Others may say that if students take the SAT it would predict students performance in college. Supposedly, the SAT could also predict the success of student after college too. It also provides students feedback on their levels of knowledge and learning.

Another argument on why students should take the SATs is that it benefits the schools. It benefits the schools by comparing how students do. That way the state could see were some school districts need to improve.

In conclusion this is why I think students should not take the SATs. It is bias against minorities, students acceptance into a college should not be based in only one test, and it tests more of a students test taking skills rather than testing what the student has learned.

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