<p>Xiggi:</p>
<p>“Thus, the real culprit for the decline in SAT scores is not the demographic change in the test-taking population, but the lower-quality public schooling received by those taking the test.”</p>
<p>I agree with you that it plays a very important role. </p>
<p>Mini: what would you say about it? </p>
<p>"What will happen to a kid where the highest score in the class is around 3.5 versus outside word where the grades may be around 4.0 So are you telling me that now prep school needs to give a grade inflation. If you say ignore SAT 1 but use SAT II, I may agree with you. However if you think one need to ignoring SAT II as well as SAT 1, then how would you compare students if a school gives grades were much lower than other public school.</p>