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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by _bxg1 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:37PM (#19931626)
Oh god. The original idea sounds good on paper, but, oh god.
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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by theseatoms on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:39PM (#19931653)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by max76 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:47PM (#19931745)
This was a huge theme throughout the television series The Wire. Here is a clip that specifically shows Goodhart's law working in education.

https://youtu.be/_ogxZxu6cjM?t=62

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