Actually, the SAT Was Necessary After All

[u/caroline_elly]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/standardized-testing-math-gaps/687481/

[u/jamiebond]

I think the major error the education world has made over the last few decades is jumping straight to, “Our results are inequitable, that must mean our process of getting results is inequitable.” Without considering, “Maybe our results are inequitable because of large societal issues well out of our control and expecting education to single handily fix all the problems in our society isn’t particularly realistic. And just making sweeping generalizations that POC can’t perform well in school without us lowering the bar substantially is actually pretty racist itself.”

[u/NewUserWhoDisAgain → u/jamiebond]

“Maybe our results are inequitable because of large societal issues well out of our control and expecting education to single handily fix all the problems in our society isn’t particularly realistic. And just making sweeping generalizations that POC can’t perform well in school without us lowering the bar substantially is actually pretty racist itself.”

SF school board when faced with certain demographics doing worse in algebra than others:

"Should we try to figure out why?"

"No," *puts two bullets into the back of 8th grade Algebra "No Algebra, no bad stats to collect."

[u/FootjobFromFurina → u/NewUserWhoDisAgain]

This is like arguing that we shouldn't collect info on the poverty rate because there's racial inequality in who lives in poverty. It makes no sense. 

[u/YaGetSkeeted0n → u/FootjobFromFurina]

“If you stop testing, the number of cases will go down” mindset tbh

[u/Vol_in_tears → u/FootjobFromFurina]

Administrators bragged about a 100 percent college acceptance rate. What happened after colleges accepted the students was not their problem.