Re: SAT biased

I remember reading an article about how the SATS were
racially biased because of questions like this, and they
proposed new questions that would be more appropriate
like the following:

If you're shooting craps and a 7 comes up, what number
is on the bottom of the dice?

Unfortunately, I can't recall the reference.  These
kinds of questions were supposed to "solve" this problem.

John




octo wrote:
> Tell me with a straight face that the question below does not favor
> students who took music lessons rather than flipping burgers to help
> pay the rent:
>
> Question of the Day from the collegeboard.com
>
> Answer the question following the passage on the basis of what is
> stated or implied in that passage. (Reading passages in the SAT I are
> considerably longer than this one. However, this question also tests
> the skills needed in order to answer reading questions in the SAT I.)
>
>
> The invention of the piano was determined by inherent defects in both
> the clavichord and the harpsichord. The harpsichord did not allow for
> the execution of dynamics, that is, for playing either loudly or
> softly, whereas the clavichord allowed a modest range of dynamics but
> could not generate a tone nearly as loud as that of the harpsichord. A
> remedy was provided by the Italian harpsichord-maker Bartolommeo
> Cristofori, who in 1709 built the first hammer-action keyboard
> instrument. Cristofori called his original instrument the
> "piano-forte," meaning that it could be played both softly and loudly.
> An improved model of the pianoforte included an escapement mechanism
> that "threw" each free-swinging hammer upward at the strings and also
> a back-check that regulated the hammer''s downward return. An
> individual damper connected to the action of the hammer was provided
> for each note.
>
> A later innovation involved the frame. Constant striving for greater
> sonority had led to the use of very heavy strings, and the point was
> reached at which the wooden frames of the earlier pianos could no
> longer withstand the tension. In 1855 the German-born Henry Steinway
> brought out a grand piano with a cast-iron frame that has served as a
> model for all subsequent piano frames. Although minor refinements are
> constantly being introduced, there have been no fundamental changes in
> the design or construction of pianos since 1855.
>
>
> The passage suggests that Steinway built the cast-iron frame because
> it:
>
> Multiple answers