... . It is true that the gap shrinks only a little when blacks and whites families in all the same amount of schooling, income, and some wealth. The best-known test that claims to measure academic aptitude is the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The SAT was developed in the 1930s to help selective colleges identify talented students from mediocre high schools who performed poorly on traditional ... Scales of Children's Abilities. Correlations ranging from .16 to .78 have been obtained from studies examining the relationship between the PPVT-R standard score equivalents and various "g factor" score...

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... and other Eastern Europeans began to apply to universities, some of the most prestigious colleges imposed quotas limiting their numbers. Americans tried various means to eliminate the most egregious forms of discrimination. In the early part of the century, "objective" admissions tests were introduced to counteract the bias in admissions. Some educators now view admissions tests such as the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT ... other professions. Affirmative action also included financial assistance to members of minorities who could not otherwise afford to attend colleges and universitie...

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... problems involved in educating minorities. There are no variables within these tests to accommodate the varied needs of individual students. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was developed in the 1920's and 1930's to determine entrance into colleges and universities but is now widely used as a barometer to measure school success (Fantini 78). Leon Botstein is also of the opinion that standardized testing ... is outdated: The use and popularity of SAT tests has done nothing to improve schooling for those populations that need it most. It has merely reinforced the ... students over a 15...

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