Putting aside the TO argument, high test scores have been proliferating for years. In the last decade the number of SAT/ACT test takers scoring a 1400+ or 31+ has doubled - meanwhile the average test score hasn’t budged. What that suggests to me is that the proliferation of test prep (including private tutoring), super scoring and kids taking the test 3,4, 5 times is having an impact. Like with grade inflation, it makes it harder to stand out in a sea of very high scores.
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