• ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      ACT is not an IQ test though. IQ tests test logic, reasoning, and other metrics. The ACT is a strictly educational test with only minor reasoning portions.

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          Not many, and mostly those who view the test highly and prepare for it, as it costs a lot of money. There were more students that took it in 2022 as opposed to 2021 (36% vs 35%), but this is down nearly 12% from 2012 when 48% of students took it.

          This is not an issue of applicant pool dilution.

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      IQ measurement has lots of well known problems, but it does provide a baseline. If people are having more difficulty doing the same kind of reasoning before and after covid, that’s not a good sign. Meanwhile, the performance is out of students who took the test, it’s not measuring whether more or less people took it. I guess we’ll see if this is also reflected in SAT tests.