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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strong correlation between test scores and general intelligence. It’s funny how the people who complain incessantly about standardized tests are inevitably low performers. [/quote]

As long as prep is allowed, this is a dumb statement.  According to you, my kid who got a 1500 without any prep at all was judged “as smart” as someone who spent $6,000 to bring a 1300 up to a 1500.  My other kid got an 1180. They’ve both had multiple IQ tests and are in the same range.  Dream on about the SAT being an IQ test. It is not. [/quote]

I have two children as well and my 1550 kid is more intelligent than my 1170 kid. Just a fact. They both prepped a little through KHan and took a few paid proctored practice tests. $30 each. I don’t believe standardized tests scores are not linked to intelligence.. not only factor for sure but one. But I sure as hell think it is a better indicator than teacher recommendations at 2,000 student public high school! [/quote]
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Or an essay that’s heavily edited. 
SAT/ACT may not be a perfect indicator of intelligence but there is definitely a correlation. [/quote]

Agree. You're not going to tutor a 1000 SAT score to a 1500+. Maybe 200 -250 pts. tops. The kids who get a 1500+ either started there or started at 1300+ and were tutored.[/quote]

Amazing how standardized tests and [b] tutoring[/b] are almost interlinked. Households that have the financial resources to prep for the SAT do better on the SAT. There's no correlation between SAT scores and intelligence. There is a correlation between test scores and socioeconomic status. Remember when the College Board wanted to implement an "adversity score" to the SAT? How was that received? It basically implied that the SAT had to be "indexed" for factors like the wealth gap, inequality, etc. Do you abolish the SAT? Probably not. But making it optional is reasonable.

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