Did the SAT get easier?

luvs2smush
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:11:56 +0000

or is this generation smarter than the high school students 5 years ago? Or is it because everyone does test prep these days (but there were prep courses back then too)?

I notice that the SAT medians for some state schools are now sitting at 2150 or 2200+, which would be a score of well over 1430 and been competitive for schools in the top 20 in the early 2000s.

What is the meaning of this disparity. For example: http://www.aim.ucla.edu/data/students/admissions/SATGPA-F04.pdf

Is each group becoming more brilliant as we continue into the future? Will our grand children have IQs of 150?