Interesting. I also took the SAT in 7th grade, but I've never heardof Duke's TIP. My parents still live at the same address though.
As for Stu's question: I am all in favor of science, exploring and learning more. It's part of why I donated my kids' cord blood at birth. Hopefully they are *also* asking you for the background information, to help tease out the answers as to which abilities to take standardized tests come from genetics and which from environment, in order to better help us get the courage to change the things we can, along with (hopefully) the wisdom to know the difference.
Watching Jon tutor his students, it is extremely clear that a well-educated white middle class background is not sufficient to produce high SAT scores. Many of his students come from well-educated and involved families (who can afford to pay $80/hr for tutoring) but the kids just aren't as bright as the parents wished they were. Jon works extremely hard to give these kids the best possible environment for learning and understanding mathematics, but some of them still just don't "get it" even though they themselves want to and try hard to figure out algebra 2.
I for one would like to understand more about why this is, because understanding why based on facts, not on feelings of how we wish life worked, will help us craft plans that address what to do about it more efficiently than if we don't understand why.
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As for Stu's question: I am all in favor of science, exploring and learning more. It's part of why I donated my kids' cord blood at birth. Hopefully they are *also* asking you for the background information, to help tease out the answers as to which abilities to take standardized tests come from genetics and which from environment, in order to better help us get the courage to change the things we can, along with (hopefully) the wisdom to know the difference.
Watching Jon tutor his students, it is extremely clear that a well-educated white middle class background is not sufficient to produce high SAT scores. Many of his students come from well-educated and involved families (who can afford to pay $80/hr for tutoring) but the kids just aren't as bright as the parents wished they were. Jon works extremely hard to give these kids the best possible environment for learning and understanding mathematics, but some of them still just don't "get it" even though they themselves want to and try hard to figure out algebra 2.
I for one would like to understand more about why this is, because understanding why based on facts, not on feelings of how we wish life worked, will help us craft plans that address what to do about it more efficiently than if we don't understand why.
--Beth