tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4582374851219538061..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Ready, Fire, Aim: New SAT will be validated, eventuallyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65462273536356889002014-03-07T08:41:41.472-08:002014-03-07T08:41:41.472-08:00Since this seems to be the currently applicable ed...Since this seems to be the currently applicable edumakshun thread at iSteve, here's an ugly new piece on the UNC-CH AFAM/NCAA revenue sports debacle:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-05/unc-tar-heels-fake-classes-scandal-administrator-will-tell-all" rel="nofollow"><b>UNC Fake Classes Scandal: Key Administrator Agrees to Tell All</b></a> <br /><br />The reader commentary following the article is particularly devastating.<br /><br />Really devastating.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42630274839072271702014-03-07T03:05:47.824-08:002014-03-07T03:05:47.824-08:00coleman doesn't want the new questions validat...coleman doesn't want the new questions validated against the old ones. it would weaken the rationale behind the redesign if scores on new and old questions were directly compared and found to strongly correlate. the blow wouldn't be decisive, but it would be inauspicious if the same kids who can't define "depreciatory" can't figure out which facts support a conclusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73666168600072069782014-03-07T01:35:20.622-08:002014-03-07T01:35:20.622-08:00People assume that the SAT is being redesigned to ...People assume that the SAT is being redesigned to reduce disparate impact, but we all know that the SAT never stands in the way of AA, so it's irrelevant. The vast majority of colleges in the US are not selective and don't care about SATs. It looks like this redesign was targeted to benefit Asians and other science oriented types. bjdubbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-35393188630816560462014-03-06T21:35:40.688-08:002014-03-06T21:35:40.688-08:00Oh, my goodness. My oldest child is a high-school...Oh, my goodness. My oldest child is a high-school freshman right now. I really regret that she may suffer from Coleman's arrogance and incompetence, and too her siblings following soon after. Phooey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32086564335688722262014-03-06T21:11:41.116-08:002014-03-06T21:11:41.116-08:00The SAT is moving further and further away from an...The SAT is moving further and further away from an aptitude (IQ) test, as was the case with the last update as well, toward a mere achievement test, achievement measured by how well students demonstrate having inculcated the tenets of Common Core.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26373802027570491752014-03-06T19:15:39.971-08:002014-03-06T19:15:39.971-08:00If the SAT becomes a less valuable predictor, then...If the SAT becomes a less valuable predictor, then what will take its place? Conjectural answer: pull and privilege among elites. Why elites? Because the proles are no longer needed, since Sputnik was a long time ago. Why pull and privilege? Because what test is a good replacement for the SAT? Probably there isn't one that's as widely accepted. Bottom line: making the SAT more "just" could result in increased privilege for the regatta set, paradoxically enough.Davidhttp://david-passingparade3.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30335356488500679172014-03-06T18:56:03.510-08:002014-03-06T18:56:03.510-08:00Jon Duce
Like I said in Sailer's other thread...Jon Duce<br /><br />Like I said in Sailer's other thread about the SAT redesign, if these people were only worried about formulating a standardized test that is impervious to cramming and prepping, then just give a straight up IQ test. But that will never happen because of that which is too taboo to discuss.countenancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52983341841005924772014-03-06T18:54:24.656-08:002014-03-06T18:54:24.656-08:00Interesting theory I read on AR tonight:
The fact...Interesting theory I read on AR tonight:<br /><br />The fact that the man spearheading the redesign of the SAT and the man heavily involved in the development of Commune Core is the same man is not a coincidence. He's redoing the SAT around Commune Core, in order to "prove" the "success" of Commune Core and lock it in to the education system.countenancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71852830477689092122014-03-06T17:53:19.552-08:002014-03-06T17:53:19.552-08:00"So, the College Board won't be able to t..."So, the College Board won't be able to tell you whether a 500 on the new SAT is better or worse than a 500 on the old SAT until after hundreds of thousands of kids take the new one for real in April 2016."<br /><br />It kind of sounds like, "We have to pass the bill to find out what is in it." -- It's all just a little ass backwards (pardon my French!) and not very transparent. These things seem to be requiring a lot of trust from the American public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77020199027445866292014-03-06T16:37:30.120-08:002014-03-06T16:37:30.120-08:00The 1600 SAT was and is the peak. It's all dow...The 1600 SAT was and is the peak. It's all downhill from there in a effort to close "the gap". The verbal half was never stacked against black people. Proof of this was Vietnamese refugees and other poor Asians arriving here and doing great on the verbal. Where English was the second language they learned. Contrasted with American blacks having English for their first language (unless it was an Ebonics variation)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12170762438536026122014-03-06T15:54:35.311-08:002014-03-06T15:54:35.311-08:00okayokayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06934214971064348663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49278561164292831632014-03-06T15:52:59.340-08:002014-03-06T15:52:59.340-08:00Steve, you know exactly what this is about---closi...Steve, you know exactly what this is about---closing The Gap. Countenance has it exactly right--overemphasizing the essay portion, de-emphasizing the math/science/vocab/reading comp? C'mon, this about whites and Asians persistently scoring too high and NAM's just as persistently scoring too low. <br /><br />In the announcement yesterday, the spokesman didn't reference The Gap by name, but he threw negative oblique references out there such as "cramming for the tests", "unequal access to preparatory classes" "designing tests for access as well as excellence" and other stuff. So what if Jamaal and Jose can't multiply their way past a 300 Math score--just write me up 3-5 paragraphs about the racism you've overcome and you're in! <br /><br />Every toxic teaching theory of the past 40 years has had as its source a bunch of Frankfurt School hippies/commies who conducted coups at every ED department at every major university in the country. It's been on autopilot since then. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06934214971064348663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81466024755589203092014-03-06T15:39:28.817-08:002014-03-06T15:39:28.817-08:00This fiasco has the potential to be more disastrou...This fiasco has the potential to be more disastrous even than turning over the Vietnam War planning to little Bobbie McNamara and his team of best-and-brightest handsome young geniuses.<br /> <br />[I'd also mention the lunacy of turning over our Middle Eastern policy to the "Neocons", but as we now know, they had a parallel (and completely segregated) objective in mind, so the analogy isn't quite as good there.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30403616527986605132014-03-06T15:27:28.611-08:002014-03-06T15:27:28.611-08:00When putting the changes to the SAT in perspective...When putting the changes to the SAT in perspective over a long chronological time frame, it is just another indicator of the decline and dissolution of WASP history, accomplishment, and civil management. Just, as the other institutions the WASPs built, have been denigrated, the SAT will too.<br /><br />As a Pole I sometimes wonder, if only we as a nation we had 20% of the old WASP societal framework and mentality along with our fervent nationalism, we could be a top 10 world economy and power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40231842158594348612014-03-06T15:06:44.778-08:002014-03-06T15:06:44.778-08:00This might be me being paranoid, but I think all t...This might be me being paranoid, but I think all this is duck speak for coming up with a less "disparate impactey" test.countenancenoreply@blogger.com