The College Board recently revealed a new “adversity score” that it plans to use as part of the SAT in order to reflect students’ social and economic background. The mere fact that the College Board sees a need for an “adversity score” is a tacit admission that the SAT isn’t fair for all students. But will the […] … learn more→
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The SAT’s new ‘adversity score’ is a poor fix for a problematic test
Changing the SAT, part 2
Last time around I looked at changes to the SAT, and noted a disturbing trend, where students will no longer have an “unfair” advantage if they happen to know things, or happen to study. The last few changes continue the trend, and manage to get more disturbing: Analysis in Science and in History/Social Studies When […] … learn more→
Why change the SAT? Part 1
In times past, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT, was key to getting into higher education. Nowadays, anyone can get into college, regardless of aptitude (or interest), and so the test now is only of use for those wanting to get into a real school (there still are a few!), as opposed to the many […] … learn more→
