Act out against SAT

We are forcing millions of teenagers to undergo standardized testing that is totally biased, completely unfair and a giant waste of their time and their parents' money. Visit http://www.actoutagainstsat.com/ to help us make a change.

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[happyey]

Totally agree with the film! I'm an International student, and I'll take SAT next Saturday. Ugh! I really hope college will consider my accomplishment on other aspects, just not SAT please.

[ACToutagainstSAT]

Thanks for the kind words. Just remember--in order to raise your score on the SAT essay, make up facts, use big words--doesn't matter if it's all nonsense, just write a long essay. Good luck!

[Averyofthemain]

the SAT and the ACT a excellent predictors of college performance, the only reason you claim they are bias (totally disproven by the way) is because they show truthfully how ill prepared blacks are for college and the widespread acceptance of this fact terrifies you.

[ACToutagainstSAT]

Wow--where to begin. Women do better in high school than men--fact. Women do better in college than men--fact. Men do better on SATs and ACTs than women--fact. But how can that be if, as you claim, these are "great predictors of college performance"? The more money your family makes, the higher your SAT score--fact. It has nothing to do with race. It's entirely based on income. What terrifies me is people like you, who not only have your own set of opinions, but have your own set of facts.

[papasmurf2465]

There are many problems with standardized testing, but your call for more value being placed on the four years in high school is not very practical either. Grades are also prone, if not more to the same biases of test scores. Curriculum is by no means the same from every school to school and a high school could easily inflate grades to ensure their students got into good colleges. Even if there was some sort of evaluation system or ranking of schools, you would risk it becoming a mess of payola.

[ACToutagainstSAT]

Yeah, you make some great points. Still, don't you think it's worth exposing what a joke the SAT/ACT tests are, so that people know how the tests are rigged for the wealthy? One educator said to us, "Show me a big house and I'll show you a high standardized test score." Hmmm.

[MerryGo528491]

1. Us Americans have it easy with the ACT and SAT's. All the other first world countries require you to pass a standardized test to graduate from high school.

2. The blacks, Latinos and Native Americans also have an easier time getting into top colleges then whites and asians. Why? Because colleges have to fill their pie and their arn't enough blacks, latinos and native americans to judge them on the same scale they judge whites and asians.

Idk, it's your choice if you want to B.S. your SAT.

[xgmb45]

3:15 just knock down the ladders! KNOCK DOWN THE WASPs MY FELLOW BROTHERS!

[cococrispys]

@ACToutagainstSAT I say that is bullshit. I had a tutor that taught me for a year in critical reading, I took a class, and studied up books. I went from a 44 on the PSAT to a 500 on critical reading. You are over exaggerating.

There are many cheap books out there that poor people can study from.

The real issue about education is that college skills don't translate to the real world.

[happyey]

@ACToutagainstSAT Thank you! Hope I'll do well. =)