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• 31 Mar 09
  

  Jim Woodell

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• 30 Mar 09
  

  Sean Devine

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• 27 Mar 09
  

  Asako Yoshida

  SAT test college

• 26 Mar 09
  

  Christy Tucker

  Want to improve diversity at a college without spending a lot of money? Drop the requirement for SAT or ACT as part of admissions.

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  • These models suggest that any move away from the SAT or ACT in competitive colleges results in significant gains in ethnic and economic diversity. But the gains are greater for colleges that drop testing entirely, as opposed to just making it optional.
  • The findings appear to confirm what SAT critics have said for years: that reliance on the SAT in college admissions favors applicants who are white and/or wealthier than other applicants.
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  Jane

  Dropping standardized testing in admissions would result in great economic and ethnic diversity.

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