Should poor kids get an automatic perfect score on their SATs?
They can't do well on their own so it's only fair.
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april50 · F
I think your irony is being missed.
Probably the worst thing we can fool kids abut during their education is that real life is fair. Out there in the jungle, fairness comes very bottom of the list.
The only value of any SAT is if it measures actual knowledge and ability to express it. Start adding social deprivation factors, and you instantly debauch it. These factors may be taken into account at selection and choice times (although the debauchery is present there too) but not at the most fundamental level of testing knowledge, expression and intelligence.
Probably the worst thing we can fool kids abut during their education is that real life is fair. Out there in the jungle, fairness comes very bottom of the list.
The only value of any SAT is if it measures actual knowledge and ability to express it. Start adding social deprivation factors, and you instantly debauch it. These factors may be taken into account at selection and choice times (although the debauchery is present there too) but not at the most fundamental level of testing knowledge, expression and intelligence.
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@april50 If it's that bad then it should be thrown out. If you want college to be just about social engineering then just say it.