I'm a little confused by the quote from Dalton's admissions director: "[Test prep] is unethical. It completely negates the reason for giving the test, which is to provide a snapshot of their aptitudes, and it doesn’t correlate with their future success in school."
If success on their test has a correlation of x with future success in school, a few hours of test prep shouldn't be able to wreck that correlation — assuming the test is good.
That said, I'm with her that unprepped/underprepped students are probably at a disadvantage. But that's a problem with standardized tests in general, and it's an extremely tough one to fix.
If success on their test has a correlation of x with future success in school, a few hours of test prep shouldn't be able to wreck that correlation — assuming the test is good.
That said, I'm with her that unprepped/underprepped students are probably at a disadvantage. But that's a problem with standardized tests in general, and it's an extremely tough one to fix.