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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally think there is something wrong with the school if standardized test scores do not align with GPAs. If a student is earning straight As in all AP and DE courses with a near-perfect GPA, but cannot score at a similarly high level on the SAT or ACT, that raises a concern about whether the curriculum or grading standards reflect true mastery.

I recently read a thread about a student with a 4.2+ GPA who could not break 1300 on the SAT. How is that acceptable if the GPA is supposed to reflect mastery at that level?
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I think it’s important to add some disclaimers here.

What you’re saying is likely true if the student is a fairly neurotypical student who can handle the stress of taking standardized tests and doesn’t have physical problems with taking standardized tests or extreme hostility toward the tests.

But there are some people out there who are very bright and simply test poorly. My understanding is that most schools would make allowances for that even back in the 1980s. [/quote]

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