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Koretz, Daniel – 2000
This paper discusses one of the arguments that has been advanced against the use of standardized college admissions tests: the notion that their use leads admissions officers to reject non-Asian minority students on the basis of small and insignificant differences in scores. In the aggregate, the disadvantage minority students face as a result of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Disadvantaged Youth