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by pgodzin 2802 days ago
Citation needed. The huge amount of time and resources spent preparing for the SATs imply that it is not a direct measure of intelligence.

Is a someone who scored a 2300 after years of test prep necessarily more intelligent than someone who couldn't afford test prep or didn't have access to it and still scored a 2000?

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See: https://nepc.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/Briggs_Theeffe...

"When researchers have estimated the effect of commercial test preparation programs on the SAT while taking the above factors into account, the effect of commercial test preparation has appeared relatively small"