Volvo effect
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title:
Volvo effect
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The Volvo effect is a critique of standardized testing in U.S. schools, especially the SAT, that says students from high-income families do better than students from low-income families. The name was coined by Peter Sacks in his 2001 book Standardized Minds. In this, he proposes that schools could estimate student performance on certain styles of standardized tests simply by counting the number of Volvos or comparably expensive cars owned by a student's family. It been facetiously proposed as a
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Term for a critique of standardized testing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_effect
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2024-02-27T13:14:08Z
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