Comments on: Key Shifts of the SAT Redesign https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/key-shifts-of-the-sat-redesign/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bill https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/key-shifts-of-the-sat-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1147175 Bill Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:48:55 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34424#comment-1147175 The move away from penalizing wrong guesses is no surprise. After all, if multiculturalism is true, there probably aren’t any (singular) correct answers anyway.

One wonders, though, whether this is the right way to train (for example) doctors, engineers, scientists, etc. After all, it’s important for a doctor to KNOW whether or not he has the right dosage, it’s important for the civil engineer to know if the bridge will stand up, etc.

As Dan says (above), maybe the SAT will once again produce a score that correlates with IQ. I doubt it. (Remember who funds colleges and university these days.) The reason is that innate ability is not as important as diversity and a cheerful acceptance of corporate workloads. The last thing corporations want is smart people inclined to question everything. What they want are prepared workers who have demonstrated their ability to work hard to complete their assignments on time no matter how much work is involved and no matter how pointless it is.

]]> By: Dan Kurt https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/key-shifts-of-the-sat-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1146075 Dan Kurt Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:53:32 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34424#comment-1146075 Perhaps in time the SATs will return to being an IQ test as it once was.

Bring back the analogies.

Dan Kurt

P.S. In 1958 when I took the SATs they were my ticket out of the lower middle class and into the Ivy League.

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