Case Predicting Performance

The pressure of the sit exam is very great, and many pupils suffer from test anxiety. The results, therefore, may not truly spring what a student knows. There is evidence that coaching improves readys by between 40 and 1 50 points. Test scores, therefore, may adversely guess the chances of ownance for students who cannot afford the $600 or $700 to take test-coaching courses. Are Stats valid, or do they discriminate against minorities, the myopic, and those who have had limited access to cultural growth experiences?Alternatives 1- Keep student selection criteria and its weights as it is for now including SAT at 0% 2- Increase SAT weight 3- Decrease SAT weight to 20% and add to the criteria happy test with weight of Alternatives Evaluation 1 . Keep student selection criteria and its weights as it is for now including SAT at 40% Positives l. It pass on give Alex more than time to do further study and benchmark with similar colleges. Ii. Alex will gain more practical experience to be able to judge reasonably on SAT score iii. People who design the SAT lb. Stats tap intelligence and employers want intelligent job applicants Negative I.Alex concerns about SAT score will remain 2. Increase SAT weight Positives I. SAT score are valid predictors of how well a person will do in college. According to people who design the SAT IL. Stats tap intelligence and employers want intelligent I. Alex concerns about SAT score will increase 3. Decrease SAT weight to 20% and add to the criteria intelligent test with weight of I. SAT will remain part of the selection criteria it. Intelligent test is used by multimillion companies to choose their future employees so by using it in the student selection criteria it will improve the college graduates in finding their Jobs.Negative I. What if a student poor excels in intelligent test but didnt do so well in SAT score? It will remain a dilemma to accept him in Ales highly selective college. Recommendation- First alternative is for me is the best Although its scores less than second alternative in the evaluation yet it will allow Alex to have enough time to gain more practical experience and benchmark with other similar organization to improve her decision fashioning process. Also in the second alternative Alex concerns about SAT score will not be eliminated or solved Prepared by capital of Jordan Taft