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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Just because Vandy and Williams reported lower ranges for their new SATs than for the old SATs and ACTs doesn't mean that the concordances are incorrect. We don't know how many people are in each reported group, and what the composition of each group is. For example, many stronger students may have skipped the new SAT, so that group is weaker than average. Also, many kids submit a variety of tests (new SAT, old SAT, ACT), in which case the colleges use the new SAT only if it is the strongest score according to the concordances. [/quote]

Many weaker students may have also skipped the new SAT in favor of the old, knowing they had to rely on its large volume of old SAT pre-existing prep materials as a crutch.  That would offset any stronger students who made the same choice.[/quote]
That would require huge numbers of weak students to complete their old SAT testing by January of their junior year and then not bother with the new SAT or ACT. Pretzel logic. It almost sounds like your kid got a low score on the new SAT and you are praying the concordances aren't valid. [/quote]

My kid got in ED and is done.  No dog in this fight.  If my kid was a weak student, I would have pushed her to take the old SAT.  She would have needed all the help and crutches available.  I'm sure plenty of weak students made the same decision to go with the old SAT and remove themselves from the new SAT pool.  With both weak and strong students removing themselves from the new SAT pool...the old vs. new SAT populations are effectively the same.[/quote]

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