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The Importance of Analogical Reasoning

The Importance of Analogical ReasoningThe following letter is in response to University of California President Richard Atkinson’s recommendation to do away with the SAT and instead emphasize the SAT II, a series of subject-based achievement tests (see Black Issues, March 15).First, we applaud Dr. Atkinson’s efforts to make the admissions process to institutions of higher […]

April 25, 2001

A Call to Discard the SAT

A Call to Discard the SATCollege Board says ‘don’t scapegoat SAT because of inequalities in educational systems’By Pamela BurdmanSACRAMENTO, Calif.University of California President Richard Atkinson’s recent call to jettison the SAT I would eliminate a test that has long aroused suspicions of racial bias, a move diversity advocates have been proposing for decades.This time, however, […]

March 28, 2001

University of Nebraska Student Government Seeks Apology From Regent Over Remarks

University of Nebraska Student Government Seeks Apology From Regent Over RemarksLINCOLN, Neb. Students and faculty have said remarks by University of Nebraska Regent Drew Miller on recruiting minority students made them feel insignificant and unwelcome. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska voted to ask Miller to apologize. Last month, Miller said recruiting […]

March 28, 2001

One Person’s Success on Gap Closing

One Person’s Success on Gap Closing In the past two years, local newspaper articles have reported that, on average, African American high school students in Fairfax County, Va., score lower on the SAT exam than students of other racial groups. In one article, county school officials said they did not understand why this remains a […]

February 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

SAT Boot Camp Teaches Students the Rules of the Test-Taking Game

SAT Boot Camp Teaches Students the Rules of the Test-Taking GameClemson, S.C.‘If you’re going to level the playing field, you are going to have to teach people the rules. And that is what we’re doing — teaching these students the rules of the SAT game,” says Starlett Craig who conceived the idea of Clemson University’s […]

February 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy City

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy CityIt’s 8:30 a.m. and Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, is already three hours into her day. She sits in her office, sipping green tea and preparing to face yet another full schedule of meetings and engagements that will continue at a steady pace until […]

January 31, 2001

UC Revives Discussion of Dropping SAT

UC Revives Discussion of Dropping SATBerkley, Calif. University of California officials played down a report that they have developed preliminary proposals for major changes in admissions, including eliminating the SAT requirement. A story published recently in The San Francisco Chronicle said a draft report, which came out of a recent one-day conference on admissions, recommends […]

January 17, 2001

Center for Equal Opportunity Now Targets State of Maryland

Center for Equal Opportunity Now Targets State of MarylandBy Linda Meggett Brown and the Associated PressBALTIMOREA dmissions practices at Maryland’s public schools and colleges are the latest targets of the Center for Equal Opportunity, which has released a study indicating that Black students are getting in with lower SAT scores than those of White students.The […]

October 25, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Poor Strategies Continue to Plague Black Test-Takers

Poor Strategies Continue to Plague Black Test-Takers Officials from the College Board announced last month that this year’s national average SAT math score is at a 30-year high, but African American test-takers still came in with the lowest average among ethnic groups for the test’s math section. Although math scores for all ethnic groups have […]

September 27, 2000

Pennsylvania Toys With Guaranteed Admissions

Pennsylvania Toys With Guaranteed AdmissionsHARRISBURG, Pa. — In an effort to boost minority enrollment, officials at the state university system here are considering guaranteeing admission to all students in Pennsylvania who graduate in the top 15 percent of their high school classes.But the proposal comes on the heels of a report recently released by the […]

April 26, 2000

Testing the Truth About the SAT

Testing the Truth About the SATThis revised and updated version of David Owen’s 1985 exposé is: a) a balanced and objective analysis of the merits and limitations of the Scholastic Aptitude Test as a college entrance examination; b) a one-sided diatribe that can be easily dismissed; c) a significant extension of the original volume; d) […]

March 15, 2000

Testing the Truth About the SAT

Testing the Truth About the SATThis revised and updated version of David Owen’s 1985 exposé is: a) a balanced and objective analysis of the merits and limitations of the SAT as a college entrance examination; b) a one-sided diatribe that can be easily dismissed; c) a significant extension of the original volume; d) none of […]

March 1, 2000

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