(01-08-2014 08:22 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(01-07-2014 11:58 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

(01-07-2014 08:01 PM)Wiessman Wrote:  CNN calls out a bunch of public schools:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-at...?hpt=hp_t1

Nothing new under the sun, but wow. And listening to the "students" from Florida State being interviewed last night made me a little sick.

From the article
According to those academic experts, the threshold for being college-literate is a score of 400 on the SAT critical reading or writing test. On the ACT, that threshold is 16.

Maybe I am being an academic snob, but how on earth is a 400 college literate?

It sounds like the 400 is just for that section of the exam. I don't know how the SAT is graded, but an 800 overall sounds about right as the minimum threshold.

It is for one section (The minimum you can get in a 400 on the old SAT and 600 on the new one). Still, a 400 seems to be well below "college ready" in my mind.

(01-08-2014 09:31 AM)Antarius Wrote:  

(01-08-2014 08:22 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(01-07-2014 11:58 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

(01-07-2014 08:01 PM)Wiessman Wrote:  CNN calls out a bunch of public schools:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-at...?hpt=hp_t1

Nothing new under the sun, but wow. And listening to the "students" from Florida State being interviewed last night made me a little sick.

From the article
According to those academic experts, the threshold for being college-literate is a score of 400 on the SAT critical reading or writing test. On the ACT, that threshold is 16.

Maybe I am being an academic snob, but how on earth is a 400 college literate?

It sounds like the 400 is just for that section of the exam. I don't know how the SAT is graded, but an 800 overall sounds about right as the minimum threshold.

It is for one section (The minimum you can get in a 400 on the old SAT and 600 on the new one). Still, a 400 seems to be well below "college ready" in my mind.

That's why I stated that I wasn't sure how it was scored.

Let's say a 400 score on a section equates to a 33 percentile score (since it sounds like the minimum you can actually score is a 200), I don't think that is so absurd to say that you are at the MINIMUM level for entrance to some college in the US.

I mean, I scored something around a 660 on my reading SAT, and that was something like the high 80s, or low 90s percentile. That means there are obviously a lot of people sitting below a 600, which isn't too far off from a 400 (unless the grading gets crazy).

Edit: Here are the AVERAGE SAT scores (http://professionals.collegeboard.com/te...s/averages)

Critical reading:496
Mathematics: 514
Writing: 488

So yeah, a 400 sounds about right as a minimum.

Rice should reach out to CNN and release some scores. Be the face of educated athletes.

(01-08-2014 12:04 PM)mrbig Wrote:  Rice should reach out to CNN and release some scores. Be the face of educated athletes.

Not sure they can do that legally.

(01-08-2014 07:52 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(01-08-2014 12:04 PM)mrbig Wrote:  Rice should reach out to CNN and release some scores. Be the face of educated athletes.

Not sure they can do that legally.

Just ask Tommy Penders and Luke Axtell.