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" Dropping the closest proxy we have for future academic performance (and a darn good one at that)" I'm actually super not educated in this- do you have proof
by SolaceQuantum 7y ago
" Dropping the closest proxy we have for future academic performance (and a darn good one at that)"
I'm actually super not educated in this- do you have proof that good SAT score is a strong predictor of good academic performance, and vice versa? (The vice versa is the most important part to me.)
- alistairSH 7y agoThere's a loose correlation between SAT and college grades. There's also a correlation between parents income and college grades. And several other things. The common thread - they're almost all related to socio-economic status - the more educated and wealthy the parents, the more successful the student, on average.
- polski-g 7y agoSAT is a proxy for IQ, which is a good predictor for life success, and that includes academic performance.
- threatofrain 7y agoThat sounds like we should just test for IQ.
- polski-g 7y agoEmployers do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_test