It is possible to develop good and valid standardized tests (speaking as a PhD psychologist and expert in assessment), but that is not what is being done, because those are harder to develop. Instead, they are relying on the psychometric principles used for decades — without success.Ivy League schools haven’t used the SAT for years now. There’s a reason.
It is possible to develop good and valid standardized tests (speaking as a PhD psychologist and expert in assessment), but that is not what is being done, because those are harder to develop. Instead, they are relying on the psychometric principles used for decades — without success.Ivy League schools haven’t used the SAT for years now. There’s a reason.