Flogging the SATs.

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  • Author(s): Leo, John
  • Source:
    U.S. News & World Report. 10/25/99, Vol. 127 Issue 16, p16. 1p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SAT (Educational test); EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements; TEST validity; TEST bias
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the debate over the validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Criticism that the test is biased against minorities; Anti-SAT comments from Nicholas Lemann, author of the book `The Big Test'; View that tests and education itself does not discover every form of merit, including originality and humor; How the debate over testing is also a debate over affirmative action.