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>First, the SAT, it turns out, does not measure scholarly aptitude or native intelligence independent of social and educational background. To the contrary, SAT
by ppod 6y ago
>First, the SAT, it turns out, does not measure scholarly aptitude or native intelligence independent of social and educational background. To the contrary, SAT scores are highly correlated with wealth.
Why start the article off with an obvious falsehood? The fact that SAT scores are highly correlated with wealth does not mean that none of the variation in scores is explained by aptitude.
When people make the argument in this article they never seem to propose a fairer alternative. I'm suspicious that the criticism of SATs is actually a movement towards returning to patronage and nepotism.
- devdas 6y agoThe claim is that parental wealth influences SAT scores more than intelligence.
- sova 6y agoIs that somehow related to being able to afford all the prep courses that are specifically for getting a high score on <insert standardized test acronym here>?
- ec109685 6y agoThat and attending better schools growing up.
- applecrazy 6y agoI think this is largely false, and I took the SAT about 3 years ago. My only prep was a $25 book and some free official practice tests. Managed to get a 95th percentile score on my second try. My family could have afforded prep courses, but I wanted to prove to myself that it could be done for much less (which it was).
- jdminhbg 6y agoIt's the claim, but it's not substantiated, it's just asserted.