September 6, 2012

Validity of the SAT

SAT Reading

1. Read the Article.
2. Post a comment using evidence from the article in defense of the SAT test.
    You may also post a counter claim against the SAT, but you must still use
    evidence from the article.
3. List two possible SAT vocabulary words from the article. Try to use different words from the
    previous posts.

20 comments:

  1. Well, according to statistics, your SAT score (67% of the time, over all the students) will correspond to your GPA.

    Vocabulary: correlate-having a relationship or affecting factor(s)
    touted- trying to sells something (usually aggressively)

    {Sam Way}

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  2. The SAT is actually a far better predictor than everyone has said, 67% of the time SAT scores will correlate with college GPA.

    Correlation- Mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc...

    Postulated- To ask, demand, or claim

    Ian Butler

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  3. A counter claim about the SAT test from the article is this: "It’s commonly said that the SAT, taken in a senior year of high school, has only about a 40% correlation with a student’s freshman year college GPA. If it’s that bad at predicting how well a kid does in college, just one year later, then how could it predict longer-term outcomes in life, when other factors become increasingly important?" This is pretty much saying that from the 4 years of high school, the SAT doesn't relate to all of the years as much as the year that it is taken.So it only shows a small amount of what the student has actually learned throughout their high school experience.

    vocab: constellation- a group or configuration of ideas, feelings, characteristics, objects, etc., that are related in some way.

    comparable- worthy of comparison.

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  4. SAT matches your college GPA by 67% and according to the article and social sciences that is a very good predictor

    Constellation- A group of configuration of ideas, feelings, and objects.
    Notion- A general understanding

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  5. The SAT has about a 67% correlation with college freshman, not 40% which is what many people thought.

    vocabulary: credence
    paradigm

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  6. The SAT test is specifically designed to screen for college success. The SAT score is a good predictor for college success because the SAT score correlates with the college GPA about 67%.

    1.Correlation
    2.Variables

    Kelly Pierce

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  7. If 67% of the SAT score relates to your GPA, it doesn't say much about your future. The SAT is set up to take for colleges in order to determine what schools you are capable on going to. Your SAT score can't tell your future.

    Correlation - a relationship or connection between two or more things
    Credence - belief in or acceptance of something true

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  8. The SAT has a better correlation to your college GPA than people thought. Instead of being only 40% its actually 60%.

    Vocabulary-

    postulated: to ask demand or claim.
    touted: to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.

    Alyssa Gadue

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  9. Before, it was frequently said for the SAT test to have only about 40% correlation of a students future college GPA. Now it has been proven through studies with students and there SAT test scores that the this test correlates about 67% with a students college GPA.

    Tout: attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner

    Correlation: a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

    Paradigm: a typical example or pattern of something; a model

    Katie Santo

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  10. In defense with the SAT tests, SAT scores are compatible with college GPA, 67% of the time for all students. A counter claim against the SAT tests would be that while these tests are taken during senior year of high school, they have only about a 40% connection with a student’s freshman year college GPA. This counter claim makes a substantial amount of people question how it could predict how students were doing after college and longer-term outcomes in life.

    Vocabulary:
    Correlate - to have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another.
    Paradigm - a typical example or pattern of something; a model.

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  11. SAT's, while not always completely an accurate prediction of a students success, are often very close. Many didn't think this, but it turns out that 67% of the time, one's SAT scores correlate with their GPA.

    postulate - suggest or assume the existence of something as basis for a belief
    paradigm - a typical example of something

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  13. It turns out that SAT scores correlate with college GPA around 67%, which is a very good predictor from the article and the social sciences also claim.

    Constellation- a group or cluster of related things.
    Credence- belief in or acceptance of something as true.

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  14. The SAT test is pretty good at predicting how well a student will do in college. Two economists took 5.1 million grades from 167,000 students over a range of 41 colleges and they found that the SAT test correlates with college GPA 67%, and not 40% like many believe. It's a better predictor than a lot of people think it is.

    Vocabulary Words:
    -touted: attempt to sell
    -paradigm: a typical pattern or example of something

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  15. It’s stated that the SAT taken Senior year has a 40% correlation on the students when they become a freshmen in college

    Vocabulary: Correlation a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
    Credence belief in or acceptance of something as true

    Jacob Vitale

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  16. The SAT allows your test to match your college GPA by 67% for the best predictor

    credence- belief in or acceptance of something as true
    comparable- being worthy of comparison

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  17. acoording to the statistics of your Sats, your average grade on your SAT will correlate with your GPA. This occurs with 67% of the students. This is only a 40% corelation with your GPA of a students freshman year in collage.

    vocabulary: correlation- a mutual relationship of two of two or more things
    comparable- of equivalant of quality; worthy pof comparison

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  18. The SAT scores correlate with college GPA around 67%, which is a better predictor than what everyone said.

    Paradigm: a typical example of something
    Correlate: a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

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  19. the sat cannot predict how well a person does in college. High schoolers of diverging abilities apply to different schools. The strongest students apply to one tier of colleges, & the average students apply to a less ambitious tier. Once students go to a college, they enroll in classes they believe they can do well in. At each college and the courses, students may average a B grade, but the degree of difficulty in achieving that grade is not comparable.

    correlation is a mutual relationship between 2 or more things.
    variable is a value that can change.

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  20. Occurding to the article, the Sat scores correlate with a GPA around 67%.The Sat taken in senior year, has only a 40% correlation with a student's freshman year college GPA. Its's a better predictor than most people think, when they grade the SAT.

    correlation- a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
    predictor- say that something will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.

    Cierra Cravatis

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