[E. Pluribus Unum]

Gee, an education test the tests educational level!

That's racist!

[brownsfan]

The more you make, the more you value education, and the more likely you are to be sure your kids are educated.

This is news?

[Genoa]

Bright parents earn more on average, and also produce bright children who score well.

[Mr. K]

Smart people are generally educated and wealthier and ten to have smart kids.

Stupid people tend to have lower skilled jobs and stupid kids.

Is that fact somehow lost on this author? She is implying cause and effect in the exact wrong direction.

(for the stupider readers- yes, I know RANDOM CHANCE will sometimes benefit a genius born to poor idiots, but heredity and evolution (!!!yes libtards love evolution, right?) suggest it is just that- random)

[Boogieman]

Dat tess is raciss!

[Nifster]

What nonsense and hokum. The SATs test the likelihood that you will succeed in college....

The fact that education may or may not be valued by those in lower income levels is not a new concept. Not every one should go to college. If you want to work hard and learn you will do well. If you want to sit around and smoke dope and talk commie smack you will become president

[TexasFreeper2009]

um... so...

basically ....

this shows that the children of intelligent parents are more intelligent than the children of idiot parents...

and this is shocking news ?

Am I the only one who finds this kind of thing absolutely frustrating!?!?

Would ANYONE be shocked if the child of Michael Jordan turned out to be good at basketball?!

Then why... WHY!? would anyone be shocked that the child of super intelligent parents turned out to be smart?!?

This PC nonsense is CRAP!

People are DIFFERENT!!!!!

Accept that FACT! and lets move on ! STOP lying and saying everyone is the same. THEY ARE NOT! They may all be deserving of the same fair treatment under the law, and all should be treated with decency. But to constantly push this false meme that everyone is equally intelligent is pure and utter hogwash!

[thackney]

What this neglects is most successful educated families value the knowledge and learning process education provides. That is why they put their resources and efforts into having their children in successful education programs.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Could it have something to do with smarter people who make more money produce smarter children?

[fwdude]

I didn’t think it was even possible to dumb down college any further. How wrong I was.

[MNnice]

Nonsense. I scored a 1350 and I was as poor as a church mouse.

[BitWielder1]

If the test did NOT detect the difference in education level, then there would be something wrong with the test.
It's a test. It's supposed to test (measure) something.
If everyone gets the same result, then what's the point?
Parents are supposed to encourage their kids. Parents doing a better job will see a better result.
What's the purpose of erasing that? Apart from Communist Enforced Mediocrity.

[Scoutmaster]

I believe that in one of the Freakonomics books, the authors explored the idea that children raised in homes with more books were more intelligent.

The authors explored the data and concluded that the most important key to intelligence was to have intelligent parents.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I thought the SAT was all essay questions now?

[Buckeye McFrog]

A chill just went down my back as I started thinking “Chairman Mao and the Great Leap Forward”.

[IronJack]

Recasting the lede:

The SAT — an almost universal college entrance gauge — will be dumbed down so that we can pretend morons and slackers are as qualified as intelligent, hard-working applicants.

[imardmd1]

Ah, I thought this test was about scholastic aptitude, not intelligence. If you grow up in a milieu that hates school, are you going to like it? If the atmosphere is different, won't the outcome be different? Ask Dr. Ben Carson and his mom and brother, eh?

[SharpRightTurn]

Yes, the dumbing down of the SAT continues apace.

[ßuddaßudd]

I didnt do to well on the SATs back in ‘83, not privileged, didnt go to college, joined the workforce and have been working ever since...
Fact is ,,, not every kid is college material . . .

[Altura Ct.]

How low can you go?

Heaven forbid we have high expectations. Excellence used to be desired...