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> why is it so easy to drastically improve one's performance on standardized tests I'm going to guess you're gains plateau or you get to a near-perfect score p
by dehrmann 5y ago
> why is it so easy to drastically improve one's performance on standardized tests
I'm going to guess you're gains plateau or you get to a near-perfect score pretty quickly. The gains you're seeing are just familiarity with the test.
- netr0ute 5y agoHow can some people keep improving year after year on these tests, though? They don't fit into your possible options.
- dehrmann 5y agoDo you mean the same person gets better year over year? They learned and matured as a student.
- netr0ute 5y agoThat's what I mean.
- abecedarius 5y agoDo you mean teenagers? I took the SAT at around 12 and at 16, for instance, and scored considerably higher the second time, with no special test prep (just a couple of sample tests from a booklet from the library a few days before that second test). I think that did help a little, but already doing a third one would've been in the region of diminishing returns. The difference really was just the time, and high school classes. I'd be surprised to see this pattern in someone a decade older.