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The overwhelming majority of math tests involve doing math, so I'm not sure your critique is useful in this context.

Given that I'm not responding to any claim about the efficacy of math tests... it's actually your statement which is wholly irrelevant to this discussion.

"You can't compare academic tests and flight tests because flight tests involve flying"

"Academic tests involve academics"

"I'm not talking about academics!"

That about sum it up?

The submission isn't about academic tests involving academics... it's about the relevance of using such academic tests for the purpose of job screening.

A business that wastes money on ineffective screening methods for employees will lose to a business hiring better employees.

Which is why almost no employers ask for SAT scores as a way of screening candidates, and why this article was written to showcase the specific reasons doing so is ineffective.

Of course you'd have refrained from making such a vacuous reply if you bothered to read the article.

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