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    1. BrittMadsen 23 Sep 2026
      Research conducted by the College Board suggests that scores on the SAT have high predictive validity for first-year college students’ GPA (Kobrin, Patterson, Shaw, Mattern, & Barbuti, 2008).

      It's not surprising that the College Board's own research validates the relevance of the SAT for college admissions since this organization has a massive financial interest in the test. According to this article in Forbes, the College Board has made billions off the SAT and ACT since 1990. It's refreshing to hear that these tests are being de-emphasized in college admissions. (ref: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottwhite/2025/05/26/the-college-board-exposed-nonprofit-or-16-billion-testing-monopoly-in-disguise/

    2. BrittMadsen 23 Sep 2026
      Continued reliance on such debunked studies has significant consequences. For instance, between January and October of 2019, there were 22 measles outbreaks across the United States and more than a thousand cases of individuals contracting measles (Patel et al., 2019).

      Unfortunately, as I'm sure most of us know, this trend has gotten worse. According to the CDC, there have been 39 outbreaks in the US this year with close to 3,500 individual cases reported. It also stands to reason that these numbers might be under-reported at the CDC with the current Health Secretary's belief in the vaccine-autism connection.

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