&gt; Being rich or poor has no bearing on someones ability to score highly on any standardized test.<p>It&#x27;s technically true. It rarely affect the ability. But it does affect the result anyway. Wealth is a known good predictor in results: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thesocietypages.org&#x2F;socimages&#x2F;2012&#x2F;08&#x2F;29&#x2F;the-correlation-between-income-and-sat-scores&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thesocietypages.org&#x2F;socimages&#x2F;2012&#x2F;08&#x2F;29&#x2F;the-correla...</a>