On: SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships

[rexpop]

SAT scores and GPA are strongly affected by how much money you have.

[Erik816 → rexpop]

Yes, because intelligent parents tend to make more money. And their children tend to be more intelligent as well.

[sarchertech → Erik816]

That's part of it. But even when adjusting for IQ, parental income is highly correlated with success--SAT scores, college admission, lifetime income--however you want to measure it.

[rexpop → Erik816]

Are you sure you're not confusing causation?

I can, just off the top of my head, think of several situational variables impacted by wealth, which impact cognitive capacity:

- sleep - diet - training - study time

[thaumasiotes → Erik816]

Similarly, the wind is strongly affected by weathervanes.