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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are kids these days way smarter than kids of our generation? (80s-90s)
Every kid seems to have top scores and all As. Whereas, at my rigorous public high school in the mid-90s, regular bright well-rounded kids with As/Bs but not Einstein-level grades, were going to Northwestern, Dartmouth, UPenn, Wellesley, etc. I had strong but not exceptional grades and got into Vassar. Now it seems in order to get into a T30, you need all As and all APs. Am I missing something here? How is this happening? Did this generation produce geniuses?[/quote]

The SAT is able to be studied for now, and there is grade inflation.

The SAT that you took is very different than the SAT that your kids take.  Previously, you could get a small edge by doing SAT prep and memorizing vocab.  But the logic sections, i.r. kitten:cat::puppy:dog are gone.[/quote]

Also, 30+ years ago, majority of kids did NOT study for the SAT.  The PSAT was your test prep, and maybe you spent a few hours with a SAT test prep book.  But most kids were not spending 30-40 hours plus in intensive tutoring to prepare.

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This is what needs to go. The only way to make a test like the SAT able to be studied while keeping fairness is how other countries do it- A) the test no longer tests for the average content of the average student but raises the bar to identify the best students ( a handful) across the entire nation (GaoKao or EJU are examples) B) the curriculum has to be reasonably nationalized unless you do a UK style system where secondary school follows some period of intense study and at the best schools you see interviews where they ask questions beyond the curriculum.

You’d essentially need to rebuild the entire k-12 system.[/quote]

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