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Harvard and Nebraska officials
disagree on value of SAT, ACT
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By Georco Phillips
The future of the Scholastic Aptitude Test maybe
in jeopardy because cf a Harvard College report that
the school may allow future admission candidate?
to skip the test. Instead, they could choose to take
achievement tests in five high school academic
subjects.
The growing concern in many states about high
school graduates ability to learn as opposed to their
SAT-tested previous knowledge generated further
examination. Florida's requirement of minimum
competency tests in order to get a high school
diploma b an example of this concern, said Al Papik,
UNL director of admissions.
While Papik said Ivy League schools can start
trends, he said he does not think use of the SAT will
decline because of the number of students who take
it each year. In 1984, 1.5 million high school seniors
will take the nation's leading aptitude test.
Dan Morgan, a Washington Post writer, explained
in a Jan. 29 article why the SAT has become
controversial Morgan said the nation's education
leaders "have persistently claimed they can't agree
among themselves on what students should know."
If it is unclear what students should know, he
said, it is impossible to develop a test to determine
whether students know what they should.
According to the article, the College Board identi
fied in a 36-page booklet "what (college) students
need to know and be able to do." The College Board,
a non-profit organization of 2,500 colleges, schools
and school systems, outlined as requirements six
academic subjects: English, the arts, mathematics,
science, social studies and foreign language. It also
listed six academic "competencies"; reading, writing,
speaking and listening, mathematics, reasoning and
and studying.
The SAT gained national popularity as a uniform
indicator of college performance.
' Papik said information about the cultural biases
against environment mean the test should not be
used as a sole admission criteria
Currently UNL does not require a specific score
on cither the SAT or the American College Test for
admission, Papik said. The high school record com
bined with test results is a better indicator of college
performance, he said.
There are four main reasons why UNL uses the
tests, Papik said. First, the tests help determine
Regent and National Merit Scholarship winners.
Second, Papik said, the ACT provides personal
information about students. Third, the ACT provides
essential statistics on class profiles for comparison.
For example, he said, thb year UNL applicants had
higher scores, while national scores declined. Finally,
Papik said, the ACT simplifies applications because
it gives much necessary information.
The ACT is more commonly used by Midwestern
public land grant institutions, while the SAT is used
more commonly on both coasts, Papik said.
Papik said the tests were misused in the past
because they "tried to measure ability and predict
success in college, based on a score."
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research in Antarctica and Greenland, will speak
today at a Phi Beta Kappa honorary society dinner
at the East Union.
Samuel Treves, chairman of the UNL geology
department, will discuss his explorations in Antarc
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wildlife.
An honorary society for Arts and Science College
undergraduates, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest Greek
honorary society in the United States. UNL's Alpha
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The Alpha chapter has four dinner meetings
every academic year. Two of the dinners include
initiation of new members. The other two dinners,
open to the public, include a guest speaker. A Phi Beta
Kappa executive committee chooses speakers who
will be of interest to the university and the commun
ity. The banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m., with Professor
Treves scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m.
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