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SAT Fairness

SAT Fairness. By Fernando And Rome. College acceptance. Do you think it is fair that colleges use the SAT as one of the main deciding factors of acceptance? http://collegeapps.about.com/u/ua/standardizedtests/optional-scores-ua.07.htm. Test dates.

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SAT Fairness

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  1. SAT Fairness By Fernando And Rome

  2. College acceptance • Do you think it is fair that colleges use the SAT as one of the main deciding factors of acceptance? • http://collegeapps.about.com/u/ua/standardizedtests/optional-scores-ua.07.htm

  3. Test dates • Is it fair that the test is only given a few times a year? • Wouldn’t an extra few tries be helpful? • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/sat-summer_n_1560537.html

  4. English as a second language • Do you think the test is non-native English speaker friendly? • http://homeworktips.about.com/od/standardizedtests/a/satfairness.htm

  5. Income • Is the test fair to those who don’t have much money and don’t have access to as many resources than others on the high income ladder? • http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/21/sat

  6. Time limit • Is the time limit fair? • http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/sat-and-act/stop-timing-the-act-and-sat.html

  7. trickery • Is it fair that the SAT questions are meant to trick you and are not straight forward? • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/interviews/katzman.html

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