Michelle Obama Quotes

The Scholastic Aptitude Tests do not predict success any better than the socio economic status of the parents.

I had very little going for me as a kid except for the fact that I had demanding parents and was very good at filling out bubbles on standardized tests. I went to the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University because I did well on the SAT. I went to Exeter because I did well on the SAT.

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.

We should get rid of the SAT as fast as we can. Look, there are bigger problems in society. This is not the biggest problem we have. But it's so easy to get rid of it. Right? Just pull the plug.

The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores do measure both specific knowledge and valuable thinking skills.

When it comes to efficiency, standardized tests almost sound heaven-sent.

The most important factor in college admissions is a test that benefits those who are least prepared for college.

There's a lot of amazing people that don't get into college.

We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.

If there's going to be an SAT, it's probably practical to invest in a book or perhaps in a course, but I'm sorry to say, I went to some classes that my kids took and it was clear in school that what they were doing was just SAT training.

ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business.

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.

Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply scale up the education of children like you would scale up making carburetors. And we can't, because human beings are very different from motorcars, and they have feelings about what they do and motivations in doing it, or not.

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job.

In junior high school, I learned that I could be good at school. I remember liking the freedom to choose classes and the pleasure of learning and doing well. My perseverance and love of reading had somehow allowed me to overcome many disadvantages of dyslexia, and I read a lot of books for pleasure.

For me, having the opportunity to go to college was very important. To miss out on an education is a loss.

I just kept telling myself that ultimately, the money that my grandparents had put away to go into my college fund, that they were investing for me to go to school and get this education, it had to be worth something.

Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam.

Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? … Was it because our predecessors were thick? Does anybody really think that they didn't get what we had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment? Of course not. It was because there was no platform upon which they could stand.

Some men will be always able to pay more for their children's education than others; and that those children will, inevitably, win in the struggle of life.

Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university?

How you do in school determines how you do in life.

If we educate our kids well, they will be more competitive.

My mom never went to college, but for her own children, getting a great education was not an option.