Retake THESE SAT scores???

Marian
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:36:15 +0000

I think the decision about whether to retake a standardized test should be the student’s.

For both of my kids, a time came when they looked at a set of scores and said “That’s good enough for me. I’m done.” (Or as one of my kids put it with regard to the SAT Subject Tests, “Well, I don’t have to worry about THAT anymore.”)

I didn’t object.

On the other hand, when one kid got a 2220 on the SAT and wanted to retake it (largely because one of the component scores began with an evil 6), I didn’t object to that either (and the kid scored 100 points higher the next time around).

The point here is that in all cases, the decision was the student’s. I think that’s the way it should be, except in extreme cases.