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anamardoll · 09-15-2011, 12:45 PM

I haven't taken the SATs in years, BUT. I would wonder what effort is being made to keep the tests (and the material on them) relevant to students. If the test scores are slipping not because the students have crappy reading abilities but because the test material is written in a version of English that is becoming increasingly out-of-date, then the tests need to be revised to reflect this.

Assuming that we want the tests to reflect comprehension overall (yay) and not their grasp of obscure words (boo).

09-15-2011, 12:45 PM	#5
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I haven't taken the SATs in years, BUT. I would wonder what effort is being made to keep the tests (and the material on them) relevant to students. If the test scores are slipping not because the students have crappy reading abilities but because the test material is written in a version of English that is becoming increasingly out-of-date, then the tests need to be revised to reflect this. Assuming that we want the tests to reflect comprehension overall (yay) and not their grasp of obscure words (boo).