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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 511462" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>I did read the above article, and I linked to it in the 12th post in this thread. There are several things in that article that I have issue with:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The data is characterized as GT really bad because the football players have the biggest gap between the general student body on SAT scores. I read an article that linked to that article that described the high SAT scores of GT football players and said that GT must have some really smart students for the general average to be that much higher than the already high football player average. The characterization in the AJC is on the spread, and they all but ignore the fact that the GT players scores are higher. In fact, the GT scores have been the highest in the country of all schools that report scores.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They cite an SA who was admitted to GT with an SAT score of 590, and one at the mutts with a 570. That information would not have been in any release from the schools because of privacy concerns. There is no citation for a source, it is only stated as a fact. I have large issues with a news organization that cites "facts" with no sourcing or references.</li> </ul><p>The AJC apparently was able to get average scores and number of special admits from the school. I believe I read that the mutts were reluctant to provide any information for the article, but ended up doing so reluctantly. The characterization of the data seemed to be very skewed, and they stated "facts" with no evidence or sources for the evidence.</p><p></p><p>From an NBC news article based on the AJC article:<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28411902/ns/us_news-education/t/report-athletes-test-scores-lag-behind-class/#.XA7blGhKiUk" target="_blank">http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28411902/ns/us_news-education/t/report-athletes-test-scores-lag-behind-class/#.XA7blGhKiUk</a>That is something that the commentary of the AJC article did not state.</p><p></p><p>Read the data in the AJC article, but ignore all of the commentary and the anecdotal data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 511462, member: 2426"] I did read the above article, and I linked to it in the 12th post in this thread. There are several things in that article that I have issue with: [LIST] [*]The data is characterized as GT really bad because the football players have the biggest gap between the general student body on SAT scores. I read an article that linked to that article that described the high SAT scores of GT football players and said that GT must have some really smart students for the general average to be that much higher than the already high football player average. The characterization in the AJC is on the spread, and they all but ignore the fact that the GT players scores are higher. In fact, the GT scores have been the highest in the country of all schools that report scores. [*]They cite an SA who was admitted to GT with an SAT score of 590, and one at the mutts with a 570. That information would not have been in any release from the schools because of privacy concerns. There is no citation for a source, it is only stated as a fact. I have large issues with a news organization that cites "facts" with no sourcing or references. [/LIST] The AJC apparently was able to get average scores and number of special admits from the school. I believe I read that the mutts were reluctant to provide any information for the article, but ended up doing so reluctantly. The characterization of the data seemed to be very skewed, and they stated "facts" with no evidence or sources for the evidence. From an NBC news article based on the AJC article:[URL]http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28411902/ns/us_news-education/t/report-athletes-test-scores-lag-behind-class/#.XA7blGhKiUk[/URL]That is something that the commentary of the AJC article did not state. Read the data in the AJC article, but ignore all of the commentary and the anecdotal data. [/QUOTE]
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