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Adelman, Clifford – American Educator, 1999
The Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT) measures students' general learned abilities, but student test performance is influenced as much by family environment as it is by formal education. Many colleges use SAT scores in admissions decisions. Students would be far better served if there was a concentration on other ways of predicting success in…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Admission, College Bound Students, Curriculum
