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  • Is the SAT a Wealth Test or a Culture Test?

    Is the SAT a Wealth Test or a Culture Test?

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    Mr. Groovy
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    Last week I came across a New York Times article that showed success on the SAT tracked very well with family income. Children from wealthy families were far more likely to score 1300 or higher than children from poor families. (Because the New York Times has a pay wall, I provided some pertinent data points…

  • Reality-Phobes and the SAT

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    I took the SAT in 1979. Like most of my classmates, I didn’t do any prep work. Kaplan and other test-prep companies weren’t a big thing back then, and the College Board hadn’t been forced yet to publish copies of previous SATs (those very valuable prep tools finally became available in either 1980 or 1981).…