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People dont talk about this, but the SAT used to be more of a signal of intelligence and academic ability. In the 70-90s, you could really trust a good SAT scor
by ldjkfkdsjnv 3y ago
People dont talk about this, but the SAT used to be more of a signal of intelligence and academic ability. In the 70-90s, you could really trust a good SAT score. Its been nerfed, they purposefully removed the performance aspect, its now very common for not that intelligent people (relative to the true intellectual elite) to get perfect scores.
This changes who ends up at elite institutions, and effectively who makes decisions in society.
- davisr 3y ago> This changes ... who makes decisions in society. Does it? Seems to me that wealthy bankers still control society.
- saagarjha 3y agoDo you not think people who score highly today could not take the test from the past and do well?
- ldjkfkdsjnv 3y agoTheres clearly a class of people that would do worse on the old tests. You couldnt as easily study for the old tests.
- ghaff 3y agoThere was still a ton of high school test prep in the 70s. Admittedly, Kaplan etc. mostly came in a bit later.
- pvg 3y agoWho is this class of people and what makes it so clear they exist?
- ldjkfkdsjnv 3y agoCertain hedge funds and elite companies stopped looking at SATs as a hire indicator. Its well known that its no longer a reasonable measure of top talent
- TrueSlacker0 3y ago"Its well known that its no longer a reasonable measure of top talent" That's the exact question asked by the above poster.. any sources?
- gnicholas 3y agoWhat do they use instead?