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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SAT is now a 2-hour, very preppable, superscorable test of math through Algebra 2, basic grammar/punctuation, and vocabulary in context. Median scores are declining because kids in the middle and below are learning less in high school. Scores at the top are rising because motivated kids with access to resources can easily master the content or just get lucky after taking it six times. It's a test mildly useful to validate high school grades, especially in math. It has little to do with whether kids can write or read and understand more than a paragraph or two at a time.[/quote]

All the more reason a score about a certain threshold is important. It is a metric to prevent admitting students who just aren't prepared. It is just not that hard of a test and signals you have the minimal skills needed to succeed. [/quote]

^ also, I know plenty of kids who did not prep at all and did very well. It is extremely preppable for the motivated, [b]but prep is not required for those who are prepared through reading, school,[/b] etc.[/quote]

Disagree. The SAT is in fact a pretty easy test. Anyone who paid attention in HS freshman and sophomore year should be able to do well IF it just asked questions like a normal test does. The part that makes it difficult is that it asks so many trick questions filled with word games.  That's not how they should be testing students just to prove that they deserve to be in college. But this is how the multi billion SAT prep industry thrives, and how College Board makes a ton of  money as a result of students taking the test multiple times. [/quote]

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