Those "best indicators of performance at selective schools" of yours beg the question--you limit it to "selective" schools. Of course the most socially adept of a selective school's incoming students will do relatively well--they are not only qualified for admittance to selective schools based on GPA and standardized test scores, like their cohorts, they are also the least likely to suffer negative impact from social anxieties associated with moving away from friends and family for the first time into an environment where they are no longer the "special" ones, but among equally capable individuals.
"Rote" memorization? Care to expound? How are the exam's existing compositional components samplings of rote memorization? How is the reading comprehension so? Beyond knowing formulas, how are the computational components of the SAT tests of rote memorization? What is it of a high school student that you want tested, exactly? U.S. students who score highly on "IQ" tests also perform highly on the SAT (http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQ-SAT.htm). It is not only an examination of what one knows, but more significantly, how efficiently one COMES to know, as well as their ability to understand and express/communicate what it is that they have come to know. It certainly measures how quickly all of this can be done, given that it is a time-limited exam together with punishing incorrect answers (guesses).
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Those "best indicators of performance at selective schools" of yours beg the question--you limit it to "selective" schools. Of course the most socially adept of a selective school's incoming students will do relatively well--they are not only qualified for admittance to selective schools based on GPA and standardized test scores, like their cohorts, they are also the least likely to suffer negative impact from social anxieties associated with moving away from friends and family for the first time into an environment where they are no longer the "special" ones, but among equally capable individuals.
How about citing some sources for your claims.
"Rote" memorization? Care to expound? How are the exam's existing compositional components samplings of rote memorization? How is the reading comprehension so? Beyond knowing formulas, how are the computational components of the SAT tests of rote memorization? What is it of a high school student that you want tested, exactly? U.S. students who score highly on "IQ" tests also perform highly on the SAT (http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQ-SAT.htm). It is not only an examination of what one knows, but more significantly, how efficiently one COMES to know, as well as their ability to understand and express/communicate what it is that they have come to know. It certainly measures how quickly all of this can be done, given that it is a time-limited exam together with punishing incorrect answers (guesses).