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From: tseliot@.ucsc.edu (14567000)
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Subject: Re: SAT scores - sexist?
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Date: 16 Apr 91 23:15:27 GMT
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> al885@cleveland.freenet.edu (Gerard Pinzone) writes
>Does anyone know of any good examples of why the SAT exams are biased
>toward a male point of view? I have heard many feminists and cases about
>it, but I have yet to see any examples. Most arguments point out that 
>since women do better in High School and collage, this proves that the 
>higher scores of male students on the SAT's make them sexist.

The studies I've seen show when most of the test question writers
were female, females did better then men. Now most of the writers
are men, and now men do better on the tests.
Similarily with class issues - for example, for years the SAT's 
had one question in the vocabulary section with yachting terms. Who
is more likely to know yachting terms? A poor inner city kid or an 
upper class one?

Overall, the studies show SAT's aren't very good tests in the sense of 
having good predictive power.

	-tseliot