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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAT scores do not measure intelligence. They do measure how prepared for college a student is. I always laugh at people who  make the distinction that they or their student “isn’t good at taking tests” but deserve special attention because they are really smart otherwise and tests are designed to not help rich, privileged people. Pathetic really. [/quote]

Those tests were designed to predict college performance...but it turns out they don't do that well.

GPA is a better predictor. I guess you did not read the studies posted earlier.

But you keep thinking your opinions are fact if that works for you.[/quote]

It’s now cool and woke to believe that standardized tests are meaningless. That’s not true, as a task force of U of Cal faculty found after lengthy analysis. Especially with rampant grade inflation across the nation, it’s hard to say that GPA alone is a reliable predictor.  Half of kids graduate HS with a 4.0 or better.   They are not equally likely to perform similarly in college.

https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/underreview/sttf-report.pdf[/quote]

Did you read this report? I'm not sure it says what you think it does.

Yes, the authors found that test scores are better than high school GPA at predicting college freshmen GPA.

But they also found that test scores and high school GPA were about equal in predicting first-year retention, overall college GPA, and graduation from college.

And their recommendations would result in LESS reliance on test scores in the admissions process. They recommend an expansion of the Eligibility in Local Context pathway, which currently guarantees admission to a UC school for students with a high school GPA that places them in the top 9% of their high school class, so that more than 9% would be admitted. While they don't recommend that the UC system go test optional at this time, the authors envision a time in the near future when test scores will cease to be considered. They recommend development of a new assessment system that doesn't rely on SAT/ACT scores.[/quote]

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