> I feel like these tests are kind of like buying a house based on nominal square footage alone
Great analogy.
Buying a house is about far, far more than just the square footage. How are the neighbors? How's the walkability? Noise levels? Schools? Access to transport routes? Access to jobs? Property taxes? HOA fees? Access to activities of interest?
There are so many factors to buying a house that it would be ridiculous to look at any single dimension alone and make a determinate based on that one dimension.
> There are so many factors to buying a house that it would be ridiculous to look at any single dimension alone and make a determinate based on that one dimension.
But that's not what they've been doing. Standardized tests played a role, but were not the only factor.
To continue the house analogy: look at everything _but_ square footage before you make an offer.
Great analogy.
Buying a house is about far, far more than just the square footage. How are the neighbors? How's the walkability? Noise levels? Schools? Access to transport routes? Access to jobs? Property taxes? HOA fees? Access to activities of interest?
There are so many factors to buying a house that it would be ridiculous to look at any single dimension alone and make a determinate based on that one dimension.