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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by queuebert on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:25PM (#39264742)
It would be interesting to regress out family income from scores and then correct the scores to the national median family income. I wonder if anyone does that.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by asoneth on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:02PM (#39265419)
I think the massive blowback the College Board got from "Adversity Scores" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_SAT#2019_introd... would prevent them from doing that themselves.

However they do offer a "Landscape" which provides similar details and many admissions programs use that to do something like what you're describing.

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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by jedberg on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:02PM (#39265424)
I'm pretty sure The College Board (makers of the SAT) have done that analysis. Not sure if they share it publicly, but I'll bet they share it with admissions officers.
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