Comment Section for New SAT Data Highlights the Deep Inequality at the Heart of American Education - The New York Times

The webpage, titled "New SAT Data Highlights the Deep Inequality at the Heart of American Education," discusses the correlation between students' standardized test scores and their parents' incomes. The article explains that new data reveals significant disparities in SAT scores, with students from wealthier families scoring higher than those from poorer backgrounds. It states that test-takers from the top 20% of earners were seven times more likely to score at least 1300 on the SAT compared to those from the bottom 20%. The gap widens further for the children of the richest 1%, who were 13 times more likely to score high. The article highlights how these disparities begin long before high school and are influenced by the quality of education, resources, and opportunities available to students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. It discusses the impact of income segregation on achievement gaps, the role of "shadow education" like test prep and extracurricular activities, and the need for interventions like universal pre-K and increased funding for low-income schools.