Re:Amazon Asking Cities for Their High Schoolers' SAT Scores
by ams6110 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:26PM
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It's a very selective metric. Only college-bound kids take the SAT.
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Re:Amazon Asking Cities for Their High Schoolers' SAT Scores
by johan_larson on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @03:15PM
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Yes, but virtually all of Amazon's white-collar employees have college degrees, and it's a good bet they expect their children to get them too.
More problematic for Toronto: Canadians don't usually take the SAT unless they are aiming at US colleges. Most don't.
Re:Amazon Asking Cities for Their High Schoolers' SAT Scores
by ebragg09 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:50PM
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Not in Georgia. They pretty much try to get everyone to take it here.
Re:Amazon Asking Cities for Their High Schoolers' SAT Scores
by StevePerkins on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:59PM
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Yes. Most people who point to low standardized test scores in Southern states, and snicker about sterotypes, are probably unaware that the region is unusually insistent on high school students taking either the SAT or ACT.
Many Southern states require one or the other as a requirement for high school graduation, period, whether you're planning for college or not. And many others that do not require it pressure all students to take it by default:
https://magoosh.com/hs/act/2017/states-that-require-the-act-...
So of course your statewide averages will be lower than the national average, when the testing population in other regions is limited to college-prep students only.