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It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham [0]. They are having a moment right now and trying to dista

by yardie 5y ago

It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham [0]. They are having a moment right now and trying to distance themselves from the racist part of their foundation. > It's possible that standardized tests are biased. Then fix them! We know they are biased but everytime the solution it's brought the solution is to replace them with another biased test. [0] https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-history-of-the-sat-is-mired-in-racism-and-elitism https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-history-of-the-sat-is-mi...

Banana699 5y ago
>It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham Literally the genetic fallacy.
1cvmask 5y ago
There are plenty of foreign tests around the world where not a single white person was involved in devising them. And they are so so much harder, especially in mathematics, than the SAT. Math tests are universally acknowledged to be neutral, even if hard. Most countries have standardized tests that have a spectrum of subjects covered. If you apply to say engineering only your Math and Science scores matter. If you apply to Literature only your language scores matter. Maybe a good idea is to unbundle the English from the Math in the SAT and have two separate tests. Language is definitely "subjective" and open to interpretation compared to Math. Maybe the bias you are referring to is in the English part. - I know people who still contribute to Planned Parenthood even though they know it's founder Margaret Singer was a racist and eugenist.
- Ekaros 5y ago
  In Finland there is single big standardized test. (Actually there is also lower level tests, but those really don't matter). Different subjects have different weights in different programs. Still funnily enough math have two levels. But as the higher level has by far the largest number of class-hours it ends up giving lot of points in any subject.

by yardie 5y ago

Banana699 5y ago

>It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham Literally the genetic fallacy.

1cvmask 5y ago

There are plenty of foreign tests around the world where not a single white person was involved in devising them. And they are so so much harder, especially in mathematics, than the SAT. Math tests are universally acknowledged to be neutral, even if hard. Most countries have standardized tests that have a spectrum of subjects covered. If you apply to say engineering only your Math and Science scores matter. If you apply to Literature only your language scores matter. Maybe a good idea is to unbundle the English from the Math in the SAT and have two separate tests. Language is definitely "subjective" and open to interpretation compared to Math. Maybe the bias you are referring to is in the English part. - I know people who still contribute to Planned Parenthood even though they know it's founder Margaret Singer was a racist and eugenist.

Ekaros 5y ago
In Finland there is single big standardized test. (Actually there is also lower level tests, but those really don't matter). Different subjects have different weights in different programs. Still funnily enough math have two levels. But as the higher level has by far the largest number of class-hours it ends up giving lot of points in any subject.