Jon Boeckenstedt from DePaul University has something most parents don’t have—over 30 years of college admissions and financial aid experience. But like many readers here, he’s got kids of his own. John’s take on standardized testing, shared here on his blog in the face of his daughter taking the PSAT, is a refreshing read that he sums up nicely at the end:
“When the [PSAT] scores come in, we’ll look at them, of course. And when the mail arrives in bushel baskets, we’ll sort through it all, lingering fondly over some, and sending some unopened to the recycle bin. But we’ll never define a complex human being by scores on a three-hour test on a Saturday morning; my earnest hope is that our kids don’t allow that to happen to themselves.”