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Somewhat related but I saw this tweet that claims the SAT and ACT has been significantly relaxed to produce higher scores. The competition is to try to make an
by bko 8d ago
Somewhat related but I saw this tweet that claims the SAT and ACT has been significantly relaxed to produce higher scores. The competition is to try to make an easier test so more people use that test and pay the fees. The post was from someone selling an alternative, so it should be taken w a grain of salt. But if you look at Harvard, the median SAT score is 1550 today, much higher than before.
Another post gave an example of a real SAT question, which I will present below:
The following text is from David Barclay Moore’s 2022 novel Holler of the Fireflies. The narrator has just arrived at summer camp, which is far away from his home.
This place was different than I thought it would be. I’d never been somewhere like this before. I did feel scared, but also excited.
According to the text, how does the narrator feel about being at summer camp?
A) He feels overjoyed.
B) He feels peaceful.
C) He feels both scared and excited.
D) He feels both angry and jealous.
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- gruez 8d ago>Another post gave an example of a real SAT question, which I will present below: As other X users have noted, it might just be a "easy" question and not reflective of the entire test. Also from a test perspective it makes sense to have "easy" questions, so the scores have proper scaling. If you're designing a test to judge science ability, but all the questions are about quantum physics, then you'll have a bunch of people scoring 0 just because it's outside of their ability and have no hope of answering.
- Ancalagon 8d agoAktually scoring a zero would mean they all knew something about QM