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[quote=Anonymous]I think the idea is that if many, many tests are taken by a few students, their data is not a true ability measure.

That's all.

Of course people whose kids are naturally scoring well (1,500+) would like this.  Also those who can afford a big amount of test prep in advance of of a one and done opportunity.

If everyone faced a one take plus maybe one retake world, the people above would benefit the most.  They would face reduced competition from people willing to retake many times.

There are times when prep can help and a few points matter.  In my case, I prepped ineffectively for the SATs.  Despite at least 3 retakes, I was unable to move a score by 10 points above a specific math threshold that would have given me a $2K per year scholarship.  I studied myself, years later, for the GMATs, and on my own raised my percentile score by 15 population percentage points, and received a big scholarship in part because of that. I'm still annoyed that I didn't have the skill to help myself in high school.  There's little to love about the SATs and I do believe that some people can train to outperform their natural one-shot ability by a lot.  Because I did it.  And only with paper books and an ETS software disk you could buy at Barnes and Noble.  10 years after my last math class.[/quote]

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