Opinion

It’s Time to Trash the SATs, a Bad Test Born Out of Bad Race ‘Science’

SAT’S ALL, FOLKS

The virus has weakened the grip of a test created by a white supremacist who warned against “promiscuous intermingling” of the races.

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COVID-19, which has caused so much damage to America, might also be what finally kills the SAT and ACT, the high-stakes college admissions tests administered by the Educational Testing Service and that largely determine access to higher education.

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