Each year, more than three million high school students take the SAT or ACT, the college entrance exams required by most four-year colleges in the United States. For decades, however, there have been questions about exactly what these tests measure, what role they play in the admissions process and how predictive they are of academic success.
The anxiety-provoking exams, and the multibillion dollar test-prep industry that has grown up around them, have also become lightning rods in the ongoing national debate over equity in educational opportunities.
In the new documentary feature, “The Test and the Art of Thinking,” filmmaker Michael Arlen Davis examines this controversy through interviews with students, parents, counselors, test-prep professionals and academics, to provide a fascinating look at this uniquely American rite of passage and how it reflects deeper issues in our educational system and society as a whole.
The 55-minute film, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A, will take place at Landmark on Main Street on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m., as part of their Conversations from Main series. Admission is free.
This special screening event is co-presented with the Parent Resource Center and Port Washington Advocates for Public Education.
Landmark on Main Street is located at 232 Main St. in Port Washington.
