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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by hackinthebochs on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @10:55AM (#33344627)
The underlying assumption in these anecdotes is that if everyone had equal access to test prep resources they would show an equal increase in performance. But the studies[1] don't bear this out. If someone is an outlier in terms of coachability, that probably means there were gaps in knowledge that could be filled quickly to have an outsized effect on score. But this seems relevant to suitability for college admission.

[1]https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/sat-prep-courses-do-the...

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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by scarface74 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:15AM (#33344996)
The same article states that even the minor change in scores:

> That means they ought to be irrelevant to college admissions officers. Briggs found otherwise, however. Analyzing a 2008 survey conducted by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, he noted that one-third of respondents described a jump from 750 to 770 on the math portion of the SAT as having a significant effect on a student’s chances of admissions

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