The SAT is a solid predictor of college success. Most of the critics think it's anti-egalitarian (which it is) and "racist" (which it isn't), disregarding the fact that it does pretty much what it's supposed to do.
I base my opinion on my and my daughter's very extensive experience (we went to the same high school that emphasizes SATs, about 30 yrs apart). I also used to rent from a lady that worked for ETS, but she was quite close mouthed about the whole thing. :-)
You should understand, ma’am, that FR has its share of people who are high school drop-outs that resent those who graduated from college and those who are college graduates but who just get their jollies from denigrating commonly accepted knowledge. Timber Rattler sounds like one of the two.
I’ve taken and passed both the SAT and the GRE, and in neither case did each have any bearing whatsoever on my college and post-graduate success. I just busted my butt to pass them, and that was about it. Worthless.
The problem here is that, for most jobs, a quality high school diploma is sufficient that a person with one has the basic skills to be able to join the workforce. However, for whatever reason, we’ve reduced what one would learn, when you compare a 1950’s high school diploma, so that a person has to go to college to learn what was once learned by grade 12.
If we could bring back the general standards of the 1950’s for a diploma, I think we would be better off.
Actually the best predictors of college success are high school grades and AP test scores. The SAT is a lousy predictor of success in anything. I should know, I aced the SAT!
So a compromised test serves as a predictor for success in a dumbed-down college? No surprises there...