rosebian:

In this paper, I distinguish three major problems with the SAT and recommend that SAT should be an option for students who transfer to college.

Students are compelled to get SAT test before they enter to college. However, students have many problems with SAT test which can make students get a lot of stress, decrease students self-confident.

First problem of SAT is the exam’s length because students have to do the test in the long time to complete the SAT’s three sections. Students just have a little break time and restriction on food that students may eat while they take the test. Students do not have enough energy to do good test because of hungry or stress of time. The solution for this problem is people can separate each part of the test which students can do in three day.

Second problem is high school students waste money for SAT. Many students have to get SAT test many times if they want to get good scores. Therefore, students pay money for fee of SAT, books, and SAT essay, ect. The solution is students can prepare and take SAT test for free because the tax should pay the fee for student.

Last problem is SAT is unfair for students who are not speaking English at home or international students. That students may get a difficult and long time to prepare the test because of language. They already have the knowledge in the brain already by their language, they may lose a lot of time to transfer to English. Moreover, most international students finish their high school in your country, so they have a high school degree that the similar to SAT. The solution is international students can use their degree like SAT, and they do not have to take SAT.

In conclusion, university should make SAT be an option for students who want to get scholarship, and have another test for normal students.

References:

1. http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=12&hid=105&sid=89b2ca9c-bf90-4151-9895-abfc6dfb64dd%40sessionmgr11

2. http://www.satreasoningprep.com/

3. http://homeworktips.about.com/od/standardizedtests/a/SATfairness.htm

 I read your outline and references, first of all, your first reference doesn’t have author and date. In the second reference, there are a couple of articles without tag, so I’m not sure which one should I read. The last reference is good, but I can’t find the author’s status and article date. I think that you should represent solutions for each problem.