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May 20, 2020 10:04 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jLVCmBKMvTE/college-tests-called-unfair-to-homebound-tech-poor-students
College Tests Called Unfair To Homebound, Tech-Poor Students
A group of high school students sued the College Entrance Examination Board claiming its advanced placement tests are unfair to teens trapped at home by the coronavirus pandemic without adequate computers or internet connections. From a report: The board, which offers college-level curriculum for courses and exams to high school students, and Educational Testing Services, which administers the advanced placement exams, discriminated against students without sufficient resources, those in remote locations and the disabled, according to a proposed class-action complaint filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court. "It is unrealistic to think that all students have quiet, private spaces at home in which to test," the students said. "Lower-income students are much more likely to face cramped housing, siblings and parents sharing the same workspace, internet connectivity problems, noisy environments, and less comfortable testing spaces." The students were joined in the complaint by FairTest, an advocacy group that has been pushing colleges to drop the SAT and ACT as an admissions requirement because the standardized tests are allegedly biased against poor and minority students.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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