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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @08:37AM (#33342743)
So to summarize the HN hivemind on testing:

IQ tests are sexist, so we need to adjust for that to give men a boost, but they're not racist, so giving anyone (other than men) a boost would be a terrible injustice.

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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by lukas099 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @10:15AM (#33344032)
> Tests are sexist, so we need to adjust for that to give men a boost

This is the first time I've heard this opinion and I would be very surprised to find out that it's what the HN hivemind thinks. I would be even more surprised to find that the same people who think this also think the other part about racism.

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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by Manuel_D on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:47PM (#33346293)
> Tests are sexist, so we need to adjust for that to give men a boost

I don't think I saw anyone claiming that. What was being written was that boys do a lot better on anonymized tests relative to girls than on GPA (which is inherently non-anonymous), so removing testing is actually exacerbating sexism in education.

This is probably the comment you're referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33339235

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