There is a real resistence to standardized testing that has broken the brains of some folks. They interpret evidence completely backwards (like this NYMagazine article). What is clear evidence of predictive validty gets spun as clear evidence of a failure. I've seen this for too many years, with SAT and GRE tests too, to believe it's an isolated error. Instead, it's a systemic ideological failure. People are unwilling to look at the evidence in an open-minded way and draw accurate conclusions. And they don't have the institutional checks and balances to root out biases. This is a serious problem that extends beyond magazines to our leading universities that repealed standardized tests and are now dealing all the problems this has created. It also reduces public trust in these institutions. I have a subscription to NYMagazine and this issue makes me trust the magazine less. The only solution is that these institutions and organizations need to issue a correction, re-examine their editorial policies, hire staff who have the analytic skills to evaluate this type of data, and then listen to those staff. This is what it will take to earn and sustain the trust of the public. Making the same mistake over and over again only reveals that they don't care about accuracy.