Re: Testing job applicants

[<lee1089@kettering.edu>]

On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Howard S Shubs wrote:

> In article <sljbN5PQA1X9QO2Gb+jwOLl00mmL@4ax.com>,
> Brian.dot.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca wrote:
> 
> >My understanding, from my kids, is that US graduation is based on
> >SAT scores which measure only basic English and math ability, and
> >that a "perfect" 800? score does not mean much. 
> 
> SAT scores have historically been used only for college admission.  They
> have nothing to do with anything before that, unless something massive has
> changed and nobody told me.  Also, a perfect SAT score would be 1600, 800
> on each of two tests.

SAT is a college admissions test. Many colleges require SAT. I never took
the SAT. There is a competing test called the ACT. It has four subtests,
English, Math, Reading, and Science. Each subtest score ranges from either
0 or 1 (can't remember) to 36. They do some kind of voodoo math to then
for the ACT Composite score which also ranges up to 36. Not as popular as
the SAT but gaining ground. Many colleges accept either. Some only one or
the other. Many people take both.

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