Is the SAT a wealth test?, I HAVE A LEXUS = I HAVE A HIGH SAT SCORE! Options

[NoSex]

ABSTRACT

"one can make a good guess about a child's standardized test scores simply by
looking at how many degrees her parents have and at what kind of car they drive."

read the abstract; discuss:

[brooklyneast05]

i think it definitely has to do with their families educational background. i think that's more the determining factor than money is...it's just that better educational background in parents typically = more money. i don't think money is THE determining factor.

well, it sorta is because that determines where you live i suppose. i would not have lived where i lived if my parents weren't well educated with good jobs. if i hadn't lived where i lived, i wouldn't have gone the schools i went to most likely because i would have been further away from them.

either way, i think parents education is the determining factors. everything else just falls in line after that, money, what kind of area your house is in, ect ect


there's obviously plenty of people it doesn't apply to. i know a lot of people who's parents are less educated than mine, have less money than my family, went to "worse" schools, and they did as well these kind of tests. but yeah, in general, people with more money have the advantage i guess.