Posted on 08/06/2025 7:38:21 AM PDT by karpov
The SAT has been called many things. Too consequential. Too stressful. Too long. But in its 100-year history, no one ever called it easy.
But lately, a claim that the SAT has been “dumbed down” has ricocheted across social media and lit up education blogs. It’s a hot take that makes for an irresistible retweet but ignores a more important truth: The SAT—in its paper-and-pencil past and in its digital present—remains the gold standard for reliable and rigorous measurement of college readiness.
The SAT was created by College Board a century ago to give college admissions officers a consistent standard for assessing who was ready for college and, most essentially, finding talent regardless of where students learned and lived. In the decades since, as the design and format of the SAT have evolved and the pool of students who take it has expanded, its core purpose hasn’t changed: It continues to measure the knowledge and skills that research shows are most predictive of college success.
The digital SAT may not look exactly the same as the test many of its current critics took in high school, but it serves the same essential purpose: It invites students to show their academic merit by assessing fundamental reading, writing, and math skills.
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“The SAT, like GRE, etc.; measures general intelligence”
Nope. It is a knowledge test.
The SAT was dumbed down several times in the past 50 years. They cannot deny it was because they bragged about it. Said it was “inclusionary”; meaning, DEI.
There is no pass/fail with the SAT. It merely measures what you know. You might be surprised to learn many student who thought they wouldn’t do well did great.
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