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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College Board has lowered the standard a lot over the time, particularly with the introduction of digital SAT.

Just like GPA in public schools, every one gets 4.0, now every one get 1500 in digital SAT.

To stand out for T10 or even T25, the kids need to achieve 1550 just to be sure.
[/quote]Just plain False. My kid took the regular SAT and then the digital. The math section on the first digital(at least-haven't taken one since) was insanely hard. This was evident nation wide.[/quote]

Evidence says otherwise.  Just do some simply googling.  [/quote]

[b]There is no evidence that the digital is easier.

I dare you to find it.  Please post it when you do.  [/b][/quote]

It is 100% factual true that the current SAT is easier than the pre1995 SAT. Since then the test has been been renormed multiple times to lower the ceiling, which makes it challenging for colleges to differentiate exceptionally bright kids, from the smarter than average but not exceptional kids. Before 1995 only 5-7 students would get a perfect score each year. This was out of slightly more than a million people. A perfect score only occurred for around 1/200,000 test takers.  Now around 400-500 test takers get a perfect score each year, which means a perfect score represents a 1/4,000 test score. A perfect score is 50x more common than before 1995, so the test is unequivocally easier than it used to be. [/quote]

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