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>All those tests measure, given the youth and maturity of traditional high school students, is extreme preparation and not performance or potential. The tests
by marcinzm 6y ago
>All those tests measure, given the youth and maturity of traditional high school students, is extreme preparation and not performance or potential.
The tests in essence measure either intelligence or work ethic. Work ethic is probably more important for college performance than anything else to be honest however you can do fairly well on the tests with intelligence alone. The point of college admission isn't really to predict your performance in life but rather to predict your performance in college. If you become a better person at 24 or 35 it doesn't really matter since you're long gone from college by then.
- austincheney 6y agoWork ethic isn’t just working hard. Slaves work hard without work ethic. Work ethic requires self initiative. There is no reason to suggest that those high school students who practice hardest for the standardized tests do so entirely of their own accord with a forcing function from adult interference.
- marcinzm 6y agoNothing is a perfect proxy for something else so lacking an oracle or a time machine all you can do is try to find an approximation. Also, adult interference doesn't end just because someone goes off to college.