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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SAT hasn’t been required for the past half century or so because of US News.

There is obvious value to a standardized test that everyone takes given extreme differentials between school rigor and grading policies.  Arguing it isn’t helpful is intellectually lazy and not at all compelling.  [/quote]

This is misinformation.  Those scores are substantive contributors to the rankings, which is why colleges are so concerned about their 75-25 percentiles.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings#[/quote]

My point was that the SAT existed long before USNews and was developed to provided a standardized data point.  Much as magnet schools use entrance exams and private schools use the isee or similar.

You could argue persuasively that other data points also have compelling reasons to be given weight, but trying to argue that standardized tests provide no useful data is a losing argument.

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