> Isn't the whole point of things like this to help edge cases? No, just that's a marginal side effect. The whole point of standardized testing is the "standa

> Isn't the whole point of things like this to help edge cases? No, just that's a marginal side effect. The whole point of standardized testing is the "standardized" part - to provide a common metric upon which to base large scale institutional decisions. The edge cases (and also the large biases in the system) are handled by other criteria, like weighing other aspects of a candidate's background against their academic performance.