Seth Godin’s recent post, “Our pre-judgment problem,” shares several examples of how people and organizations use the wrong metrics to judge people, including:
The SAT is a poor indicator of college performance, but most colleges use it anyway.
Famous colleges aren’t correlated with lifetime success or happiness, but we push our kids to seek them out.
The good news?
1. According to FairTest, “a record 900 accredited, bachelor-degree institutions say they will make decisions about all or many applicants without considering ACT or SAT test scores.”
2. Families can decide for themselves whether or not to push kids to seek out famous colleges.