Questioning test scores

To the editor: Scientific American Mind, a journal of cognition, psychology and brain science published by Scientific American (sciammind.com), reports in its August/September issue that the S.A.T. is valid, that it actually measures what it was designed and deployed for: to evaluate students’ probability of success at college. Using statistics provided by ACT (the American College Testing Program), it shows graphically that scorers in the 830-990 range for the traditional two-test regimen are graduating college at a rate roughly one-third that of those who score above 1220. In four-year public colleges, only one-third of students scoring below 1000 go on to graduate. These are precisely the “open enrollment” colleges that Delaware Valley graduates populate because S.A.T. scores here are so low. Statistically, only one out of every three students who pass through the DV system will graduate from college. Thank you, Candi. Thank you, Tom. Thank you, Jay. Wal-Mart especially thanks you. Tony Splendora Milford