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Igel

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2. Mostly they're predictive of success in the first couple years of college.

Reply to aswanson (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 09:39 PM

Feb 2016

Like all statistical tools, however, they don't predict an individual's success.

They work best in conjunction with high school GPAs, where they serve as a balance to grade inflation and outright falsification. Don't know how the revised tests will work.

I don't think SAT and ACT scores should be used to evaluate high schoolers in general, which is where I think they're heading.

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Standardized Testing [View all] aswanson Feb 2016 OP

I was an almost straight A student in high school and college bluestateguy Feb 2016 #1

Mostly they're predictive of success in the first couple years of college. Igel Feb 2016 #2