Hacking the SAT

Presented at A New HOPE (2022), July 24, 2022, 2 p.m. (50 minutes).

As the pandemic has accelerated the already emergent trend towards test-optional college and university admissions, the SAT is poised to undergo yet another transformation. Whatever the changes happen to be, Rob is confident that this future incarnation - just like all previous incarnations - will be vulnerable to "hacking." In this talk, Rob will spotlight the features of standardized tests (specifically, the SAT/ACT in their current forms) that make them vulnerable to various backdoor techniques that circumvent the need to "understand" the content of a given question. Accompanying this exploration will be a larger questioning of the supposed merits of these tests in the first place.


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  • Rob Cohen
    **Rob Cohen (@CohenMathPrep)** has been teaching and tutoring in New York City since 2006. After graduating from Wesleyan University with a dual degree in mathematics and music, Rob attended NYU for a master's degree in math education through the Newton Fellowship program sponsored by Math for America. Rob has since built up Cohen Math Prep, a tutoring and test prep company boasting a team of highly qualified tutors with in-depth content knowledge and pedagogical expertise.

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