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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not read this whole thread, so forgive me if this has been said. So many people believe that standardized tests benefit the advantaged because they can pay for prep and generally have better educations. What they fail to overlook is that these tests, despite revisions, were created by privileged classes, who devised tests based on their own cultural upbringing, perceptions, understandings, etc. It is not an intelligence test (even those were largely developed by white, educated elite, so you have to question). Don't forget, the majority of the original SAT takers went to Yale and the rest to other elite colleges. It is an elitist test that does not best predict the likelihood of success in college or in life.[/quote]

I don’t disagree with your primary point but as to the subject of this thread, Dartmouth and Yale both found that this test actually does best predict the likelihood of success in college as defined by academics. Further, they seem to being saying that submitting test scores, for their institutions who review in context, is better for students from underresourced backgrounds. [/quote]

Right, because the SAT was written by people trying to find the right people for Yale and Dartmouth. It is geared quite specifically to identify elite people from certain cultures. Again, it doesn't have to do with today's privileged or underprivileged, necessarily. The point is, it has nothing to do with prep or education. It is written very specifically for one type of intelligence to gain entry to elite schools who teach to that type of brain. [b]Those schools teach very narrowly.[/b][/quote]

What are you talking about?

And what is your familiarity with the substance of current testing?[/quote]

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