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L.U Today's Weather: Our second century of NON-PROFIT ORG . U.S. POSTAGE jc~anc:e of excellence PAID ·ram, highs in :c Newa-rk. Del Permit No 26 ,the upper ...._____, · -~ 70s. Vol. 111 No. 6 Tuesday,. Sept. 24, 1985 UD professor tests need for SA Ts "The SATs are redundant," study, may enter into the ac admissions tests were no missions process," said Stone, by Meg Goodyear Crouse saidr stating the main ceptance decision. longer considered, "[high who was the ETS's director of point of his article. "The Crouse studied data the ETS school] teachers and schools minority affairs for two years. Community .N~s Editor Educational Testing Service provided from 412 colleges, us would experience considerable ''The SAT is a dinosaur in The Harvard Educational makes claims for their test ed information from a national pressure to ease grading stan- American education." Review is the arena for a that simply aren't true." . college survey, and examined dards." · Although most colleges still debate between a university Crouse said the producers of the SAT scores and high school Crouse said he is not advis require the SAT, some schools, professor and the College the SAT -the ETS and the Col records of the university's 1983 ing that colleges use no tests in such as Bates and Bowden Col Board president which may af lege Board - claim the-test . freshman class. He found that deciding who to admit. "It leges in Maine, no longer re fect high school students na helps colleges .to admit the PGis calculated using on would be a mistake to drop all quire applicants to submit tionwide: Are Scholastic Ap- · students who are more likely ly high school records cor standardized testing," said SAT scores. titude Tests necessary for col to do well in college. - related "very, very closely" to Crouse. "The question is, are The faculty senate at Bates leges to choose an _ Crouse argues in his article the PGis calcUlated using high there better tests to use than College in Lewistown, Maine, "academically able" that colleges would, in about 90 school records and SAT the SATs'?" voted last year to do away with freshman class'? percent of the cases, make the scores. Colleges would be better off the SAT requirement, said same admissions decisions The use of a PGI based on requiring students to take a Wilie Mitchell, Bates' director based solely on the applicant's both high school records and number of achievement tests, of admissions. see editorial p. 6 high school record rather than SAT scores increases the Crouse said. These are stan "We found research showed on high school records and number of correct admissions darized exams that measure that other factors had a better Dr. James Crouse believes SAT scores combined. decisions in one to three cases what a student has learned in relationship to performance in they are not. Crouse, a pro In order to decide who to ad out of 100 over the use of PGis a particular subject in high college," Mitchell said. The fessor of educational studies mit and who to reject, Crouse calculated using high school school. faculty at Bates was also con and sociology at the universi explained, most colleges use records alone, Crouse said. Crouse has prepared a cerned that SAT scores could ty, published an article in the the applicant's high school Hanford refused to com response to Hanford's article be increased by coaching, May issue of the Harvard record and SAT scores to ment to The Review about the which will carry on their which may not be available to Educational Review entitled calculate a Predicted Grade need for the SATs. He said he debate and appear in the Har all high school students. "Does the SAT Help Colleges Index for the applicant's prefers to carry on the debate vard Educational Review in Bates requires its applicants Make Better Selection Deci- sions'?" · freshman year. The college in the Harvard Educational November. to take three achievement then will accept most students Review. English Professor Chuck tests. A reply to Crouse's article ·with a PGI above a certain In his article refuting Stone said he plans to in Crouse said there is some by College Board President average and reject most ap Crouse's studies, Hanford troduce a motion in the Facul talk at Harvard University of George Hanford, "Yes, the plicants who fall below this said, "Crouse's models of ad ty Senate to make SATs op introducing a motion in the SAT Does Help Colleges," will cutoff point. Other factors, in missions misrepresent, or at tional for applicants to the faculty senate to do away with be published in the issue of the cluding letters of recommen the least oversimplify, how university. the SAT requirement. Harvard Educational Review dation, interviews and the ma college admissions occur." "I'd like to see the faculty appearing this week. jor the applicant wishes to Hanford also states that, if more concerned about the ad- continued to page 8 Dorm residents left in the dark back around midnight Sunday. by Chris Davis An emergency generater Staff Reporter was turned on while the power Burned out cables cut the was out to allow a small power to the Rodney Complex amount of light in the Saturday and left students in hallways, said Jim Lawlor (AS Rodney E and F in the dark for 86), a resident assistant in 36 hours. - Rodney A. At 1 p.m. Saturday the power in all of the Rodney Students said they were not buildings went out, according happy with the power outage. to Joe Puzycki, Rodney E-F "It was tough because you hall director. ,. can't take a shower in the Power was restored to dark, can't shave in the dark buildings C and D and to and you can't go to the Rodney Dining Hall within an bathroom in the dark,"said hour because the cable needed Lawlor. was in stock, said Barry Rodgers, of the McHugh Elec Students studied in the tric Company. hallways under the emergen The electric company had to cy lights, Puzycki said, and order the replacement cable tried to find other ways to keep for the other dorms from themselves busy in the dark. Dover, Rodgers said. "On Saturday people were gathered outside in the hall At about 9 p.m. on Sunday, under an emergency light Staff photo by Lloyd Fox the lights were back on in listening to music on a battery Frustration sets in- Guard Jeff Rosen sits stunned after an unsuccessful two-point conver Rodney A and B, said Puzycki, powered radio," said Lawlor. sion in Delaware's 17-16 loss to William and and E and F got their P?Wer NATIONAL 5 & 10 66 E. Main Street Newark, DE 19711 Your Handy Discount Store We Accept: Master Chg., Visa, WSFS OXIordDecofle' • ....... -.....Dea· To, --' 50.00- The"'*'""'...., IO~Llii)'OUI' -Ototllcelil~ cajMOgit~-·. ...........·~lot. ~.......- -81111""'11 CDIIt-lrY·II'I*! ,_OI .....~pt.,..;t; ,.. ~ .. ---- . BLANK . ·.. ' CASSETTE TAPES ....... ...... Pack of 3 ... ELMERS 90 Min. Tapes ...• - STIX ALL ..· - ···._, $117 Get to the answers faster. NEED A PLANT .. n . , ... ,..\j~ . 8 IC PENS ~-- FOR YOUR ROOM? ·With the11-55--ll. 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