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I'm not sure this take comports with the facts. Test prep materials are readily available at most public libraries, and even professional prep courses produce m
by spekcular 6y ago
I'm not sure this take comports with the facts. Test prep materials are readily available at most public libraries, and even professional prep courses produce marginal gains (smaller than the test-retest measurement error).
The claim that rich white people are leveraging their wealth to buy a secret "one weird trick" that instantly boosts their scores is simply false.
I am happy to provide citations if you're interested.
- anon102010 6y agoThe idea that wealth won't buy other methods of access, now with no embarrassingly low test score - is hard to beleive. The rich private school WILL give donor kids X all A's. At least in the past the SAT score filtered out the super lazy donor brats.
- azinman2 6y agoPersonally, I gained about 200 points after having a tutor for SATs in high school. I don't know that I would have studied as well/hard without it. For me, the SATs/SAT IIs didn't test what was a meaningful way to assess my strengths in the first place: analytic reasoning & creativity. That only partially came across in my extra ciriculars since primary education is largely memorization without understanding.