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To: TobagoJack who wrote (204401)	2/17/2024 2:39:31 PM
From: marcher	Respond to of 217573

of course, test use and interpretation is embedded in the social context. gotta wonder about how university decisions are influenced by private conversations with applicants, their parents, university donors, and the corporations that sell the tests. :) certainly, sat/act scores are a measure of aptitude and the potential to successfully complete university courses related to the reading, writing/language, and math areas evaluated. not sure if i posted this earlier but here's 2020 forbes on the topic: "...High school GPAs were found to be five times stronger than ACT scores at predicting graduation rates, and that the effect of GPAs was consistent across schools, unlike ACT scores. The findings overturn the conventional wisdom that, while GPAs vary widely between high schools, standardized test results are a more objective indicator of whether a student is ready for college...." forbes.com since nearly all students with high sat scores also have high grade point averages, the importance of standardized test scores for admission selection is not clear to me. rather than requiring testing of al students, the test could be used to identify students with subpar gpa but exceptional potential. i'm sure this has been considered previously. what are your thoughts?