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Old 01-14-2009, 02:30 PM   #5
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^No, the curve is necessary and serves an important purpose: make a 700 (say) mean the same level of skill no matter when you take the SAT. The CB does not make the average score a 500, in fact these averages vary from one year to the next. Before the scale was recentered, averages were in the low 400s and had been trending lower for years ...
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