1. Twenty-First-Century Skills for Tomorrow's Leaders.
- Author
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Texley, Juliana
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ABILITY testing , *COLLEGE students , *READINESS for school testing , *ACT Assessment , *SAT (Educational test) , *SCHOOL day , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges , *EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements - Abstract
The article discusses the organizational skills of students in the U.S. Some straight-A students find the freedom of college too tempting and lose their organizational skills, while some homeschoolers blossom in academia. National testing agencies have boasted that their assessments have a high predictive validity for success in the first two years of college. High Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Test (ACT) scores correlate with grades in the introductory language and mathematics courses in most colleges and universities. Furthermore, the key areas of preparation is part of the standard college-preparatory curriculum and there is not much time to add new classes.
- Published
- 2007