I recently posted about students taking the SAT or ACT and how well that reflects their intelligence, so reading and writing about this article seems to be a good follow up.
The article "Psychologists Debate the Meaning of Students Failing the SAT," is short but it gives a good idea to readers that there may be an actual problem with the test and the people taking it. The 2012 SAT scores showed fifty-seven percent of test takers did not meet standards which would make them successful in college. Scores were down among all demographics and groups, including socioeconomic status. And apparently a student's test scores do predict how well a student does in college as an incoming freshman. The article said that socioeconomic status was taken into account when calculating the decrease in scores. In the prediction of how well a student does in college, researchers take into account: GPA, SAT scores, and controlling both socioeconomic status, and parent's education, the results showed each thing has an impact on the college student's success.
Another thing I could relate to within the article, was the act of controlling certain factors within the study to prevent a bias or skewed results. I am taking AP Statistics and much of the same language I learned in that class. So it is interesting to see how well correlated the two classes are when it comes to the studies presented in psychology. I find I am noticing these things more often than not. In fact last chapter in Stats, Mr. Paulson (my teacher) referenced that what we would be taking about is something we talk about in CIS Psychology. And it turns out, this exact thing I am writing about, control groups and correlation, we spent a great deal talking about.
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