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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's fantastic.  Study after study after study has confirmed the high correlation between family income and parental education and SAT and ACT scores.  Generally speaking, high scores were born on third base.  It doesn't make them any smarter.  [/quote]

There's vastly more SAT/ACT variance in similar income groups than between them.  The UC system actually did the research and determined that standardized tests were the [b]single best predictor of college success[/b].   The UC system isn't removing standardized tests because they don't work; they're removing them because they do.[/quote]

This is flatly wrong.  Read p.25 of the report.  HSGPA alone predicts 12% of variance in freshman gpa, SAT only models predict 10%.  This is exactly consistent with the College Board’s research.  What the report said was the SAT scores plus HSGPA is the best predictor, again consistent with the College Board’s research.

https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/committees/sttf/sttf-report.pdf#page65[/quote]

Page 25 is simply talking about table 3.1 and the slightly counterintuitive finding that test scores worked better than grades for underrepresented students.  Look at the table (3.1) they're referencing.   For all students,  test scores explain 21% of the variance in grades and HS GPA explain 16%. I agree that both together are superior,  as expected. [/quote]

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