Bits Quote by Dave Barry

The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores…

— Virginia Postrel

The single largest variable that predicts SAT scores is family income. If you want higher SAT scores, you need to get your kids born…

— Paul Houston

But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman.…

— William Julius Wilson

Want to know why American students' SAT scores are falling? We've kicked the light of the world out of the classroom.

— John Hagee

The SAT plays an important role in helping admissions officers around the country sort out students, well-deserving students from 20,000 high schools that have…

— Jonathan Grayer

We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick…

— George W. Bush

You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids,…

— John Merrow

If there's going to be an SAT, it's probably practical to invest in a book or perhaps in a course, but I'm sorry to…

— Robert Sternberg

“Exams do not assess anything significant to the future of children, because no one knows how to assess or measure the key factors to…

— Russell L. Ackoff

Test scores aren't perfect, but having a test score for math or reading or other things that we can objectively measure is a meaningful…

— Bill Gates

As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the effects are still more…

— Jonathan Kozol

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

— William Glasser