CalTech adds REA (replacing prior EA), extends test blind policy for 2 years

simon3
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:41:09 +0000

Boeckenstedt seems to assume causation in the blog entry linked above (in the discussion building up to the graph pasted above).

The effects of wealth and ethnicity (which are tightly tied together in America) are shown in ACT data, which they make available in their product EIS.

He also seems to have an odd understanding of what “normed” means.

This is known as the “Common Yardstick” theory, and is partially correct, in the sense that the ACT and SAT are normed tests, which means a) half the people will score in the top half, and half the people will score in the bottom half, and b) your position in one administration of the test is likely to be close to your position in another.