[Blood of Tyrants]

What is the big deal? All this means is that the universities will adjust their admission standards for the new scores.

[prairiebreeze]

Just think, it can soon be your dentist or the guy who designs the safety feature of the plane you get on, who got into school because of not needing to know difficult, lesser-used vocabulary words” and “advanced mathematical concepts (that) will disappear from the exam".

[pfflier]

Well, if the group eligible for acceptance is larger but is defined by lesser standards, then the schools could use a quota system based on, say race, to select students for admission.

[EinNYC]

It is being adjusted to accommodate Commie Core outcomes. Commie Core, where students are basically just sitting in groups reading a few pages and then answering questions about what they read, is the "new" teaching technique. The teacher just stands off to the side for most of the period. She does not explain stuff, point stuff out, show stuff, etc. Just hands out the handouts. This parody of education, designed to produce worker bees for Microsoft (Bill Gates is a major contributor to the program and a major proponent of it, surprise!) and other mega-companies, does not prepare kids for the SAT as it exists today. So, mega-pressure on the company producing the SAT to conform it to Commie Core outcomes. No mysteries here.

DUMB-da-DUMB-DUMB!

[hinckley buzzard]

From a practical standpoint the big deal is, grade inflation masks and obscures differences that the test was designed to measure in the first place. A test that yields all A's is useless as a test. An SAT that gives everyone a hundred point boost, and with a ceiling, has reduced utility. The curve develops a severe skew.