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Interesting side effect of this: Before - if 100 people took the test, there were 10 people in the top 10%. Now - if 1000 people take the test, there are 100
by caseysoftware 7y ago
Interesting side effect of this:
Before - if 100 people took the test, there were 10 people in the top 10%.
Now - if 1000 people take the test, there are 100 people in the top 10%.
If we assume that most of the first 100 were already college track/high achievers/however you want to describe them, then you just bumped a significant chunk of those people into the top 10%. Obviously, some of the other 900 will also move into that group but - based on the overall average dropping - not a huge number.
Fundamentally, it causes another form of "grade inflation" but for the tests themselves. No wonder students apply to more and more schools. :(