A reader who knows a lot about the SAT and ACT tests writes:

The PSAT is going electronic this fall, followed by the SAT in Spring 2024. My hypothesis is that the recent Asian SAT gains in excess of IQ differences are due to increasing cheating on the paper tests, even among Asian-Americans. You seem to think it’s the post-Common-Core reduction of g-loading that makes the test more preppable. I think they’re still g-loaded enough to not explain all of the increasing gap.

Assuming it’s simple cheating and not a deep conspiracy within the College Board, the electronic testing will prevent students from memorizing shared sequential answers, as choices will be randomized, and no two students will necessarily take the same test. Further, “corrections” to test forms by compromised administrators will no longer be possible before they’re mailed in. Thus, I predict the Asian-white gap falls on the electronically administered, computer-adaptive tests. White liberals might even start to see it as meritocratic again if it seems fairer to their kids.