Continuing lack of integrity in int'l SAT testing

[fignewton]

<p>Can’t believe I’ve been missing a thread with xiggi’s fiery french!</p>

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@cortana431

I agree with clandarkfire. I read somewhere it costs around $250,000 to create a new sat. I don’t see how that’s possible. I coxuld probably create an entire math section in a few days and maybe less.

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<p>No, you couldn’t. Nor could clarkandfire. For one, how will you get 1000s of students to test your questions for difficulty, appropriateness, and clarity of wording? It isn’t easy to make easy math problems that distinguish between weak and very weak students without making them too easy. It isn’t easy to make hard math problems that distinguish between very good and extremely good students without making them too hard.</p>

<p>The CB reuses tests to save money, of course. There’s no laziness; I’m sure the ETS would be happy to provide more if asked. I wouldn’t mind seeing fewer test months and all tests released.</p>

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@Ms. Ladybug

Maybe it’s sloppy reporting on the part of the NYT to not correct the opening sentence of this article “Average scores on the SAT fell across the nation this year” to add the fact that there was a sizeable percentage of international students in “the nation this year”.

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<p>The average SAT scores of U.S. citizens did fall. Why is the title representative of sloppy reporting? Or are you assuming that the reporter just got lucky?</p>