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Igel

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3. A vanishingly small number.

Reply to padfun (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 4, 2015, 05:33 PM

Sep 2015

The same thing happened in the '80s. The average declined. But the scores of the usual cohort that took the test continued to increase.

The average SAT score is an average.

The percentage of AfAm and Latino takers has increased. They score lower than white and Asian test takers on average. The change in mix has been ongoing and accounts pretty much for the downdrift in test scores.

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Latest SAT Scores Raise New Alarms Over 'Test-and-Punish' Education [View all] eridani Sep 2015 OP

How much of this is due to padfun Sep 2015 #1

A vanishingly small number. Igel Sep 2015 #3

I am confused. Fairtest thinks that standardized testing is not a good tool to assess and uses Mass Sep 2015 #2