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The SAT and its Scores
I’m thinking of a number, it’s between 1400 and 2400; do you know what it is? It is seventeen hundred, and it happens to be my SAT score. Every high school senior has one of those numbers, and those numbers determine his ability to study and succeed in college (according to the College Board). The College Board claims that the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is a standardized test (according to the College Board), which means that all high school students across the U.S. take the same test. On the surface this assumption seems true, but a closer look reveals test scores that are determined by factors such as money, gender, test anxiety and even race.
The SAT assumes that all students receive equal education and therefore must all be able to take the same test. The example of a high school in California shows that this is highly incorrect. According to an article written by Joe Boaler for the Phi Delta Kappan journal, in 2003 students at a low-income high school continuously did better on the district’s mathematics exam than students at wealthier schools in the same district. This should mean that these students should also receive higher scores on the SAT-9 exam, and yet, they have scored “significantly lower” on the exam, says Boaler. Boaler attributes this to the long, confusing wording, and the context of the questions, which students from low-income or foreign families may not understand. Boaler uses two examples to justify this claim. In the first example Boaler gives question which uses many technical terms about electricity that students who are new to the country or who are not technically inclined (girls, says Boaler) may not understand, thus creating anxiety. The other example was a question concerning the use of bank accounts and monetary terms giving preference to students who are familiar with those terms. In this example Boaler shows that the SAT is biased against low income families and people who are...
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