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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11:15 here: The cheating is alarming. What generally happens is these kids take these tests 2,3,4 times and see a bump in their scores. Most take a prep class at some point, and of course see a bump of 8-10 points in the ACT, or a couple of hundred points in their SAT. This is what flags them in the system. And the system is rigged: no one ever wins the appeal. They cancel the score and ask you to take it again to "validate" your score. Many students were screwed because it was their Senior year and applying for colleges.[/quote]

Well, this is scary.  You would expect that a kid who took the SAT after only having taken Algebra 1 and Geometry, for instance, would get a pretty substantial bump in their score after successfully completing Algebra 2 and maybe even a prep class.  Right?

With so many kids apparently getting 1400+ scores these days, a kid earning sub 1400 would probably be inclined to make additional attempts to score better.  The difference between a 1300 and a 1400 is roughly 10 questions (?).

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10 points on the ACT scale of 36 is much different than 10 points on the SAT scale of 1600.[/quote]

Very true.[/quote]

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