January 23, 2008

Tests Aren't Best Way to Evaluate Graduates' Skills, Business Leaders Say in Survey

By Paula Wasley

American business leaders think that college graduates should arrive at the nation's work places with real-world skills. But a new survey released on Tuesday by the Association of American Colleges and Universities reveals that many employers believe today's applicants are not ready to advance within their corporations. Worse still, employers have little use for some of academe's more traditional assessment indexes of student achievement and preparedness, including standardized tests and