Dropping the SATs Hurts Poor Kids
High school students take a standardized math test. (Martin Shields via Alamy)
Columbia is the first Ivy League university to abandon standardized tests in the name of ‘equity.’ It's disadvantaged students like me who will suffer.
Suppose you’re a poor teenager in a dysfunctional environment.
You have to work a part-time job to help make ends meet. Your parents are absent or completely checked out. So you have to help take care of your younger siblings. You’re smart, but you’re not in a position to devote much time to homework or to getting top grades in every class. But you set a…
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