The New York Times: Senator Proposes Creating Board to Oversee College Admissions Tests
The chairman of the New York State Senate’s higher education committee filed legislation yesterday calling for the creation of a state board to oversee standardized testing, to be paid for by a tax of $1 per test on each college and graduate admissions test given in the state.
The chairman, State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, a Long Island Republican, said an oversight body was needed after problems like the mis-scoring of more than 5,000 of the SAT examinations taken last October.
“The testing people are very cavalier about what this test is in the lives of the test takers,” Mr. LaValle said yesterday in an interview. “Test takers feel they have so much riding on this exam — acceptance into the college of their choice and whether they will get the careers they want. The testing companies just don’t get how important it is.”
Mr. LaValle said he expected the Senate to approve his bill to be approved before the legislative session ends in June.
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