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The top link is a study that shows that the improvement is pretty marginal in practice. It does miss something: in specific ethnic enclaves SAT coaching is muc
by likpok 5y ago
The top link is a study that shows that the improvement is pretty marginal in practice.
It does miss something: in specific ethnic enclaves SAT coaching is much more effective, perhaps because of a culture of out-of-school schoolwork and teaching beyond SAT prep. Those enclaves aren't particularly wealthy either (if I recall correctly it was a Korean enclave). Even then we're talking 70 points -- not nothing, but also not a radical transformation.
- hhs 5y ago> Even then we're talking 70 points -- not nothing, but also not a radical transformation. That would depend on the baseline score. For instance, if it was a 1510 baseline and then went up +70, then it would be useful.
- whimsicalism 5y agoI think it's usually not improvement at the highest levels.
- chernevik 5y agoI wouldn't be surprised if those improvements were mostly moving below-average scores toward the average, by giving deprived students basic skills that their "education" didn't.