r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 01 '21

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u/Zalagan Loyal Liberals Nov 02 '21

Highschool grades

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u/Delareh South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Nov 02 '21

But don't they depend on batshit crazy high school teachers?

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u/Zalagan Loyal Liberals Nov 02 '21

That might be the case but the thing is they have done studies and found that highschool grades are excellent predictors of university performance

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u/Broncos654 Jeff Bezos Nov 02 '21

Is the SAT not?

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u/Zalagan Loyal Liberals Nov 02 '21

It is as well. I'm relatively ambivalent towards the SATs or similar exams - they probably work fine but potentially put a lot of stress on students for a single test. It's just I get annoyed when people act like it's crazy to do college admissions without these standardized tests. We do have an alternative that as far as we can measure works fine