Originally Posted by Dude
Originally Posted by Bostonian
SAT scores and IQ were correlated with socioeconomic status even before there was an essay section on the SAT. Dude.

Yes. And now there's an essay section, so the correlation between IQ and SAT score is broken.
Looking at the SAT Total Group Score Report http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/TotalGroup-2013.pdf , the correlation of household income and SAT score is similar for the three sections of the SAT, so if the correlation IQ and composite SAT score has been broken (which I doubt), it was not by adding the writing section.