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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SATs are the [b]only way [/b]to really assess a student's ability. Sorry you can't cheat on the SAT like you could in classes and are upset. 🤷‍♀️ [/quote]

Only way? Stop being delulu. You can't cheat on the SAT but you can certainly retake it over and over until you get the score you want. Does that sound like a great assessment of a student's ability? At my kid's HS, the most you can retake a test (if they even allow it) is once. [/quote]
Clearly you can't take it over and over until you get the score you want or every college would have a 1600-1600 SAT range. Do you losers ever tire of being illogical?[/quote]

LOL—relax, Socrates. No one said everyone does get a 1600. I said you can retake the SAT multiple times, unlike most high school tests. That means wealth, time, and access to tutoring can play a huge role—so maybe chill with the “only true measure of ability” takes. Not everyone’s goal is a perfect score anyway—most students are just aiming for what gets them into their schools. And at the end of the day, if the school is test-optional, why would someone even bother jumping through those hoops unless it actually helps them?[/quote]

All retakes get a kid is a result on the right side of the normal curve, with the mean being the student's actual ability. Schools understand this. The measurement error on the SAT is about 32, which means that on average, a retake will be 32 points above or below the original, assuming the original was the mean. Assuming normal distribution, this would mean that a student has a 1 in 20 chance of being 60 points higher. So, if I start at 1400, I have a good shot of 1430, and a long shot of 1460. It can also go lower.

Super scoring make it more interesting, but not much, as the 32 point error is across math and verbal. Say I take the test three times. The first time I get 700 / 700, the second time 690 / 720, and the third time 720 / 690. Now I can superscore to 1440, which only got me ten more points. Of course, I kind can get "luckly" and get results that deviate at higher than the average, which, with superscoring, might push you to 1450 or 1460--but that's pretty unlikely.[/quote]
Very accurate explanation. [/quote]

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