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Why is it that the anti test score argument almost always tries to chalk it up to hiring tutors? They consistently try to make it sound like people "buy" higher
by cr4nberry 4y ago
Why is it that the anti test score argument almost always tries to chalk it up to hiring tutors? They consistently try to make it sound like people "buy" higher test scores with tutoring in order to discredit tests like the SAT
- pocketsand 4y agoThere is research on this. I believe it was Thomas Espenshade, social scientist at Princeton, who had data on test prep access, modeled along with SES, etc. Test prep is worth about 40 points on the SAT. Not trivial, but not a game changer. It's true that people who are otherwise well off are more likely to have test prep, and those people's test scores are often several standard deviations higher than low-income students from bad schools without test prep. But the counterfactual of (same person) +/- test prep = about 40 SAT points.