The new SAT: good politics, bad test?

[ucbalumnus]

@RMIBstudent

That’s why SAT scores didn’t really correlate with adoptive parental income (only biological, as wealthier parents would on average be smarter and have smarter kids).

A quick search shows nothing really about this claim specific to the SAT. However, it brings up pointers to this reference, but with some IQ test (presumably not the SAT):

https://books.google.com/books?id=YdnK_PLtDVQC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=adopted+children+socioeconomic+achievement&source=bl&ots=_PwZXj_1H9&sig=eDYHYqSCheN5yAyKHJMaMeMeXw4&hl=en&ei=bu2XSu2lK4mXlAe6-onKBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=adopted%20children%20socioeconomic%20achievement&f=false

Both biological parent SES and adoptive parent SES were associated with 12 point differences between high and low SES. I.e. there is both “nature” and “nurture” that gets mixed into measurable IQ.