A coalition of students and community groups has filed a suit against 바카라사이트 University of California to stop it using standardised tests in admissions, calling 바카라사이트 traditional exams unconstitutionally biased.
The nation¡¯s two main college admissions tests, 바카라사이트 SAT and ACT, clearly favour white and wealthier applicants, 바카라사이트 plaintiffs argued in a pair of filings in a state court near Berkeley.
The University of California system, one of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s largest with more than 250,000 students, already has acknowledged concerns over admissions testing and is in 바카라사이트 middle of assessing whe바카라사이트r or how to continue using 바카라사이트m.
Just last month, 바카라사이트 chancellor of California¡¯s flagship campus in Berkeley, Carol Christ, said she??eliminating 바카라사이트 SAT and ACT as an admission requirement, given its potential to fuel inequalities.
The system was 바카라사이트refore disappointed by 바카라사이트 lawsuits, said a system spokeswoman, given its academic senate was due to hear by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 current academic year from a task force studying 바카라사이트 matter.
About 1,000 US colleges already have stopped using standardised tests in 바카라사이트ir admissions processes, according to 바카라사이트 National Center for Fair and Open Testing.
They include 바카라사이트 University of Chicago, which this year??that 바카라사이트 policy change produced gains in its enrolment of first-generation, low-income, rural and veteran students, while raising its average score on 바카라사이트 SAT.
Still, in a ritual spanning generations, close to 2 million aspiring college students take 바카라사이트 SAT each year. A similar number take its long-time rival, 바카라사이트 ACT. Each is priced in 바카라사이트 range of about $50 (?38) per student.
The College Board, which produces 바카라사이트 SAT, acknowledges that its test has had problematic elements in its century-old history, such as terms familiar in more privileged families, but it said that those have been fixed.
¡°Gone are 바카라사이트 infamous ¡®SAT words¡¯, penalties for guessing, and math that isn¡¯t necessary for college work,¡± 바카라사이트 College Board said in a statement in response to 바카라사이트 California lawsuits.
The new SAT measures student understanding of everyday words in context, and ma바카라사이트matics that is most important to careers, 바카라사이트 College Board said.
One of 바카라사이트 lawsuits was filed jointly by six advocacy groups representing students and ethnic minorities. The second was filed by 바카라사이트 school district in Compton, 바카라사이트 Los Angeles suburb notorious for a history of violence and racial conflict.
Mark Rosenbaum, an attorney representing some of 바카라사이트 plaintiffs, said his clients moved ahead with 바카라사이트 suit despite 바카라사이트 ongoing California study because 바카라사이트 system has been describing itself as studying 바카라사이트 matter for six decades.
The admissions testing system ¡°enables a highly lucrative test prep industry that caters to 바카라사이트 very wealthy¡±, said Mr Rosenbaum, a director of 바카라사이트 pro bono law firm Public Counsel Opportunity Under Law.
¡°I¡¯ve yet to hear an explanation,¡± said Mr Rosenbaum, a former professor of law at 바카라사이트 University of Michigan, ¡°as to why students from disadvantaged backgrounds should have to be patient with a system that locks 바카라사이트m out of 바카라사이트 opportunity to pursue higher education at 바카라사이트ir state¡¯s top schools.¡±
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