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coloradodem2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:42 AM Original message |
Does the SAT/ACT measure how smart you are? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, they are achievement tests, not intelligence tests n/t |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I got really high scores on both |
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coloradodem2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I got a 1050 on my SAT and some people call me smart. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely not. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nope, not at all... |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. They show how much you have learned, not your potential, |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I think you might have it turned around |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I think you are right. I reversed them. |
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Philosophy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. There has to be some correlation |
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sans qualia (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I got an unexpectedly high score |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Both measure a component of "how smart you are". n/t |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. They measure whether or not |
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Allenberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. I doubt it. |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Nope.... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. They measure a couple things |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. There is no single test that can fully evaluate an individual's abilities. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. They have adjusted those tests downward at least twice in the last |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. High stakes testing, including the abysmal "intelligence tests," are put |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. They measure how well you take standardized, timed tests. |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There's a lot of truth to that, |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. The ironic thing about the SAT |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. I hope so |
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