When Will the Educators Learn? SAT Fallacies

frank h writes "The LA Times Article SAT's Gender Gap Widening analyzes, not very carefully it seems, the gender gap that persists in SAT performance. The "experts" STILL do not recognize the the SAT is a VOLUNTARY test, and that because of this, it NOT a good generalized assessment of academic performance for any group, whether divided along gender or ethnic lines. A better assessment of academic performance is a test that EVERY student must take, such as the New Jersey ESPA and GEPA, which show that girls are ahead by a lot, especially in reading and language arts. The gender and ethnic reports for the NJ 4th and 8th grade tests can be found here."Source: The L.A. Times [newspaper]



Title: SAT's Gender Gap Widening



Author: Martha Groves



Date: August 29, 2001

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