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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are so many posters suggesting that this is a bad thing for affluent families? It isn’t. It merely levels the playing field. It’s not a zero-sum game. [/quote]

It doesn’t level the playing field, it creates two very different playing fields. And we must not have the same definition definition of zero sum game.

There are apparently acceptable reasons for scoring lower, and unacceptable reasons. It doesn’t change the fact that[b] those with lower scores don’t perform as well.[/b] We can spend all day identifying the reasons, but it doesn’t miraculously make a better student.

But hey, this is America. High expectations are a thing of the past.[/quote]

Don't perform as well on a test that has little predictive value on college performance beyond first semester/year grades depending on the study.  After that point, the impact of SATs flattens out and other factors like ability to handle adversity become more predictive of becoming a good student.  SO high SAT scores don't really make a better student either. I don't think the SAT adversity score is a good idea for different reasons (in part because it creates more alternative narratives like the one you are posing about why students are achieving AND I don't trust the college board to get the numbers right and because I think adversity is a far more complex construct than a score for your school) but let's not trick ourselves that upper middle class high SAT scores are really meaningful measures of achievement or provide a good way to differentiate between good students.  [/quote]

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