Comments on: Poll: Should a standardized test like China’s gaokao exclusively determine who gets into college?

By: The pookums

The pookums — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:09:39 +0000

What, then are the SAT’s and every other entrance exam for grad school in the US? How about the Regents in NYC? If you think that extracurriculars or teacher’s recs make that much of a difference in the US, think again.

By: sharon

sharon — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:07:13 +0000

At present time’s Gaokao has too many problems. I just paid 10,000 Chines yuan for my relatives kid to get in to college. It happens too often.

By: John Hellacko

John Hellacko — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:33:14 +0000

Of course there are other ways to decide whether a student is college worthy. Grades, what teachers say about them, specific tests for certain subject areas.
For example, if a student is bad at test taking, but good at learning, they will have bad tests, mediocre grades, and the teachers will love them.
Standardized tests are a test of how well students studied for that test, not what they know, or how inteligent they are.

By: Suoyang hou

Suoyang hou — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:36:37 +0000

I voted No…but only as an ideal hope for the future…as of right now…I guess I would vote YES because there are no other ways to determine students on such a mass scale than standardized test.