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A perfect score on the modern SAT is not very impressive. The bar has been lowered considerably in the last 40 years. [edit: seems I was very clearly wrong abo
by wycs 8y ago
A perfect score on the modern SAT is not very impressive. The bar has been lowered considerably in the last 40 years.
[edit: seems I was very clearly wrong about this]
- Pfhreak 8y agoAh, there it is. The "this generation has it so much easier" mentality. Got any citations to back this up? Or just feel like grousing about millennials?
- wycs 8y agoNope. Seems I was wrong.
- throwawaymath 8y agoWith respect, what in the world are you talking about? A casual search on the topic shows that 2 million people took the SAT last year. Of those 2 million, fewer than 500 achieved a perfect score. Being part of the 0.025% isn't impressive to you?
- wycs 8y agoYes. False memory on my part it seems. I was very clearly wrong. The current SAT is clearly selective enough for my very popular scheme.
- krackers 8y agoIsn't the difficulty tuned to produce a histogram close to that of a normal distribution? Yes it's true that the contents of the test have changed (removing analogies, and then recently circa 2016 revamping the writing/reading sections to be more like the ACT) but fundamentally it doesn't really look that different to me. In fact if anything now the reading section relies more on understanding and analysis of passages rather than just memorizing words and definitions which if anything seems like slightly raising the bar.