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Death to Merit

Multiple universities are dropping their  SAT/ACT requirements in reaction to the growing disenchantment with standardized testing. The debate is if it is a disenchantment with merit or the testing. Schools research shows that the standardized testing scores are strongly linked to family income and the parents education level and race.

Although the College Board and ACT Inc. argue that the tests are predictive of college success. If colleges were not to consider SAT/ACT scores then they would look at high school grades more closely. Will this create grade inflation? How will this affect low income students and minorities in inner cities? Is this considered "holistic admissions"?


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