Re:ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest Levels in More Than 30 Years
by scarmig on Sunday October 16, 2022 @03:29PM
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There's an interesting opposite effect at the university level: undergraduate institutions have been dropping SAT requirements, and then their average score goes up, as students who did or would do relatively badly on it don't submit it.
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Re:ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest Levels in More Than 30 Years
by spangry on Sunday October 16, 2022 @07:26PM
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Makes sense. If no student discloses their SAT then the university would have to assume that any given student achieved the average SAT score. If you're a student who got an above average SAT it's therefore in your interests to disclose your score.
Although these incentives should theoretically cause everyone to voluntarily disclose their SAT scores.