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College Board-Sponsored Study Claims SAT

College Board-Sponsored Study Claims SAT Is Good Predictor of Grades, GraduationMINNEAPOLISAt a time when the SAT college admission tests are under fire, new research says the scores are good forecasters of grades throughout college and whether students stay around to graduate. Critics of the SAT as an admissions tool, however, raised questions early this month […]

May 23, 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

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

Washington Briefs

Ed. Dept. Speaker Criticizes RepublicansWASHINGTON — A former teacher described Govs. George W. and Jeb Bush as racists during a U.S. Department of Education seminar on promoting diversity last month, and at least one lawmaker is demanding an explanation.Jane Elliot, an author who delivers lectures worldwide on race and bias issues, was invited to the […]

April 12, 2000

Diversity Should be Praised, Not Enforced

Diversity Should be Praised, Not EnforcedBy Karin ChenowethThe latest school integration case is now being chewed over by school board attorneys around the country, and it’s proving fairly indigestible. No one is quite sure where it leaves magnet programs, busing programs, transfer policies or anything else related to school integration and desegregation.The case, Eisenberg vs. […]

April 12, 2000

The One Florida Plan Executive Summary

The One Florida Plan Executive SummaryAll students in Florida, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, economic circumstances or Zip code should have the opportunity to fully reach their highest educational aspirations. But today, that is not the case. Some schools are more equal than others. Generally, high-performing schools offer tougher curriculums, more experienced teachers and better […]

November 24, 1999

Noteworthy Briefs

Judge Asked to Stop Georgia From Using Race in AdmissionsATLANTA — University of Georgia President Dr. Michael Adams did not have to wait long for a challenge to his recent decision to keep race as a factor in deciding admissions. Atlanta attorney Lee Parks, who has battled the university system before over race-based admission policies, […]

October 27, 1999

Internet Service Offers College Tuition Bidding Service

Internet Service Offers College Tuition Bidding ServiceBOSTON — Savvy internet shoppers have been bidding of late for airplane tickets, hotel fares, used cars. Now, they can bid for college tuition.A newly launched Internet service wants to treat college tuition like an auction, matching students’ financial “bids” to colleges willing to offer discounted tuition rates.The founders […]

October 27, 1999

Same Team, Different Strategy

Same Team, Different StrategyThe Lawsuit Challenging Michigan’s Affirmative Action Policies has Produced a Wide Spectrum of Supporters Who are Prepared to Defend the University’s Pursuit of DiversityANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan prides itself on its commitment to maintaining a racially diverse campus. Indeed, here at the nation’s 10th-largest university, nearly one in […]

October 13, 1999

Admissions Models for Inclusion

Admissions Models for Inclusion Two New Admissions Strategies Could Reopen Doors the Anti-Affirmative Action Initiatives have closed — at least for the most disadvantaged students of colorThey’re not complete substitutes for affirmative action, their creators admit bluntly. But in states where affirmative action has been banned or is threatened, two new approaches to the college […]

October 13, 1999

Black Students Losing Hope

Black Students Losing HopeRecord Numbers of African American Students Forced From State-Funded Tuition Program Before They Can Reap Full BenefitsATLANTA — Georgia’s 6-year-old Hope scholarship program has brought thousands of African American students into the state’s higher education fold who otherwise would not have been able to afford a college education.But a disturbing analysis released […]

October 13, 1999

A Test-Taking Frenzy

A Test-Taking FrenzyCollege Board Says Minorities Taking SAT and AP Courses in Record NumbersWASHINGTON — Record numbers of high school students are taking college entrance exams, their scores are improving — if only slightly — and the agencies that administer the tests are calling the 1990s a “decade of promise.”And keeping pace with the overall […]

September 15, 1999

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