Wednesday, October 14, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Graduate tests still viewed important for admissions
Tests being rewritten to focus on students' writing capabilities
By Liz Wristen
Kansan staff writer
Although the Cambridge-based National Center for Fair and Open Testing reported last week that standardized tests were of decreasing importance to some schools in college admissions, KU officials say standardized testing has not been de-emphasized in graduate admissions.
Kim Wilcox, interim director of academic affairs for the Kansas Board of Regents, said graduate testing still played an important role for graduate students.
Some of these graduate tests include the Medical School Admissions Test (MCAT), the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
"These graduate tests really play a role for graduates that is similar to what the ACT and
SAT do for undergraduates," Wilcox said. "They test the skills that students have developed and learned over the years."
One of the most common graduate tests is the GRE, which tests the verbal, quantitative and analytical skills of students. Betty Ewell, admissions coordinator for the department of physical therapy education at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said the test was important for students because it tested their ability to retain information. Ewell said the test, like many of the other graduate tests, covered English, science, math, vocabulary and reading skills.
John Poggio, co-director of the center for educational testing and evaluation, said he thought universities had done a lot of rethinking about the importance of graduate testing.
"This test is especially important because it is required for a lot of majors, like physical therapy education," she said. "These tests are given because they are used to evaluate the information that students have learned."
Poggio said standardized tests previously had been designed so that students could take them
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS
Graduate testing has not been de-emphasized in graduate admissions at the University of Kansas.
Some of these graduate notes include the MCAT, LSAT, GATB and GRE.
one of the most common graduate tests is the GRE, which tests verbal, quantitative and analytical skills.
The importance of graduate tests have increased during the past 20 years.
quickly and efficiently. The tests involved many multiple-choice answers and little writing.
He said the model for these tests today was being rewritten so that sections requiring student writing and no time limit could be added.
He said the importance of graduate tests had increased during the past 20 years.
"The bottom line is that today, many undergraduate schools depend on information other than a students' test scores," Poggio said. "Getting into graduate school is a bit different because a lot of schools rely on tests like this exclusively."
Gubernatorial hopeful to speak, answer questions at University Affairs meeting
By Seth Jones Kansan staff writer
Student Senate committee members who aspire to be politicians will have a chance to meet with gubernatorial candidate Tom Sawyer at tonight's University Affairs meeting.
Sawyer, the democratic candidate for governor, will speak for 10 minutes and take questions for 10 minutes beginning at 6 p.m. in the Malott Room at the Kansas Union. Afterwards, regular committee meetings will resume. The meeting is open to the public.
Tom Moore, campus director of the student legislative awareness board, said he thought Sawyer's appearance could motivate students.
"When candidates come, it makes students become more involved," he said.
Korb Maxwell, legislative director of the student legislative awareness board, hoped to see a good turnout at the meeting.
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"We wanted to do this during committee meetings because we
have a captive audience there," he said. "We would like to see the Malott Room packed."
Maxwell said he and Moore were still working to get Governor Bill Graves to visit the University.
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Candidate Sawyer to visit Senate
san," he said. "The invitation has already been extended; right now we're working on finding a date that works for both Governor Graves and us. It may be too early to say, but I'm pretty sure that we'll be able to get him here."
"It's not that we're being parti-
Moore said Sawyer's speech would be informative on issues that concern students.
"Sawyer has quite a row to hoe; Graves is a very popular candidate," he said. "Having him come here will let us learn more about him and some of his stances. I'm sure many students would love to talk to him about his ideas and goals."
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"It's not incredibly common for candidates to come here," he said. "College students are often overlooked because we don't vote at a very high rate."
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