It raises further questions about whether we yet know the full scope of the problem. It's not a large percentage, but if they were your scores or your kid's scores, it could mean something very significant.
In terms of consequences, this is the largest mistake ever made on the SAT.
The testing explosion often creates overlaps between tests mandated at the district level, the state level and the federal level,
Even when people emigrate to another country; they are still a piece of our history. Its interesting to see such a large number here and how they have adapted to life in another country over the years.
People are under the false illusion that because the tests are graded by a machine that the process is objective. But everything, including programming the machine and doing quality control on it, is, in fact, done by human beings. And all humans make mistakes.
The volume is way up, and the people with the competence to do this don't exist.
What this represents is a dissatisfaction or worse with the changes in the SAT.
What is likely is that you will see a decline in scores whenever a new test is administered. It's due to unfamiliarity with the test.
The larger issue here is that the nation has put its trust in an unaccountable testing industry. It's yet another one of those cases in which the testing industry's screw-up could significantly harm people's education and their lives.
Standardized testing has become the arbiter of social mobility, yet there is more regulation of the food we feed our pets that of the tests we give our kids