THE DUMBING DOWN OF THE SAT,
A Compendium of Recent Developments

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: 

CER Back-to-School Bulletin -- The 2002 SAT Scores: The real story is that the SATs have undergone a demise that renders their results nearly meaningless, with more dumbing down in the works. Link to details.

OVERALL SAT SCORES REMAIN CONSTANT: "Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a Washington-based advocacy group, called the math results unimpressive. 'The SAT has been restructured now so many times that even modest improvement in math scores, for example, doesn't mean much,' she said." By Steve Giegerich, AP Newswire, Aug 27, 2002. Link to article. 

SAT SCRAMBLE: All about the latest tinkering and tweaking...

• WATERED DOWN VERSION: SAT losing credibility as Yardstick By Jeanne Allen, Special to the Atlanta Journal, September 20, 2000

• A CLOSE LOOK AT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: SAT and NAEP scores reflect minimal progress, August 30, 2000.

• SAT Trends, 1996-2000

• The Demise of the SAT, September 3, 1999.

• What Works and What Doesn't: Dumbing Down the SAT, Monthly Letter to Friends, August 1999

• This Won't Be on The Test: "To Spot Bias in SAT Questions, Test Maker Tests the Test," By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 1999

• SAT Scores: THE AMERICAN EDUCATION DIET: Can U.S. Students Survive on Junk Food?, June, 1998

• SAT Increase -- The Real Story, Part II, August 22, 1996

• SAT Increase -- The Real Story , August 24, 1995

RESOURCES:

• CER's Standards and Curriculum Page
• The American Education Diet: Can US Students Survive on Junkfood

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