Editorial: Should privilege and disadvantage play a role in SAT scores?
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
May 21, 2019
3 minutes
When the University of California threatened to drop the SAT as a college entrance requirement more than 15 years ago, the College Board eliminated the analogy questions and introduced a new essay portion. The changes helped keep the test in business but didn't necessarily make it a stronger predictor of whether students would succeed in college. The new writing portion, in particular, was poorly designed and easily gamed by composing longer essays and using what
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