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It’s about aptitude, not “genetic” aptitude.  Brains have plasticity, which is why education, especially ECE, is important.  And the fact that studying — learning more math and logic — can improve scores shows that skills are involved (and, I would argue, these same skills are useful in work and life).

Whether SATs predict college performance or whether it should be used for college admissions are different matters.  But the idea that the SAT is all about “genetics” is absurd.[/quote]

It's absurd if you are totally ignorant of the history of test. Once you learn that history, you will know that the SAT was explicitly and intentionally created by white supremacist and eugenicist Carl Bingham as a test of GENETIC aptitude (specifically in the context of claimed aptitude differences between races).

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The Asian obsession over SATs is particularly ironic given that Bingham was staunchly anti-immigrant. There were no "good immigrants" in his estimation, even if his then targets were primarily Southern and Eastern Europeans[/quote]

Breaking news!!!  George Washington was a slave owner!!![/quote]

that's also important history to know even if better known than the racist roots of the SATs[/quote]

You probably want to return us to British rule because George Washington was a "racist."

You realize that Americans didn't invent standardized tests, right?  They date back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) in China, when officials designed civil service exams to choose people to work in the government based on merit rather than on family status.

Standardized tests are a tool for evaluating kids using an objective, unbiased standard.  Sure, they aren't perfect but they are less subjective than grades, recommendation letters, and the like.
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+1 Exactly![/quote]

+1,000,000[/quote]

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