NYT:(SAT) Board Asks Group Not to Post Test Analysis(by race, income, sex)

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College Board Asks Group Not to Post Test Analysis
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO

Published: December 4, 2004


The College Board, which owns the SAT college entrance exam, is demanding that a nonprofit group critical of standardized tests remove from its Web site data that breaks down scores by race, income and sex.

The demand, in a letter to The National Center for Fair and Open Testing, also known as FairTest, accuses the group of infringing on the College Board's copyright....

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The move by the College Board comes amid growing criticism of the exams, with more and more colleges and universities raising questions about their usefulness as a gauge of future performance and discarding them as requirements for admission. The College Board is overhauling parts of the exam and will be using a new version beginning in March.

FairTest has led opposition to the exams, and releases the results to support its accusation of bias in the tests, a claim rejected by test makers, who contend the scores reflect true disparities in student achievement. FairTest posts the information in easily accessible charts, and Robert A. Schaeffer, its spokesman, said they were the Web site's most popular features....


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/04/education/04college.html

[sherilocks]

1. Check out the website

http://www.fairtest.org/

[bemildred]

2. Kick. nt