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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I just did an SAT math practice test.  Just to let my DC know what math subjects are on it.  It’s not particularly difficult but it also not a good gauge of who is “good” at math. It’s set up to make you rush.  It tests who can do math quickly.  But that’s a pretty poor proxy for overall math knowledge.  So it basically tells you who is better AT THAT KIND OF TEST.  Which doesn’t resemble any actual math exam I’ve ever had.  And even less so real world use of math.

It may not have 0 value but it’s certainly not as important as DCUM land seems to think it is.  [/quote]

Agreed. Another major factor is wording.  The test writers like to word questions in a way that is not always straightforward.  Answer choices also have lure answers sometimes. Having taught SAT prep (and GRE and GMAT), there really is an aspect of performance tgat is unrelated to intelligence or content. [/quote]

+1000

That is why (if you can afford it) private one-one test prep is the most helpful.  My kid went from 1330 to 1500 with one baseline test and 4 hours of "tutoring".  That tutoring looked at the specific errors and taught the "tricks for question formats".  After another 4 hours my kid was still hovering at 1500.  So basically all we needed was 4 hours and just taking practice tests to ensure they knew the "techniques".  That's not testing overall Intelligence---that's testing how well you learn the tricks.  
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