More Colleges Are Ditching Standardized Tests. That’s a Good Thing for Marginalized Students. via WMC's the_fbomb
for years as actively unfair to disadvantaged students. On average, wealthier students make higher scores on these exams for several reasons, such as being able to afford test-prep coaches and having access to better schools. This disparity is in turn caused by the systemic problem of quality education not being readily available to all students in the United States.
, a disproportionate number of Black and Latinx students attend public schools where most of their classmates qualify as poor or low-income. For example, in Dallas, Texas, more than 83 percent of Black students and 88 percent of Latinx students attend high-poverty schools.
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