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The April 2008 FairTest Examiner is now published.

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"Our ability to enroll a diverse class while maintaining
high academic standards is certainly due in large part to HB
[House Bill] 588."
-- Dr. Bruce Walker, Associate Vice President and Director of
Admissions, University of Texas (UT), Austin, describing the
impact of a new Texas law deemphasizing the role of the SAT and
ACT in making admissions decisions at Texas public four-year
universities.1

    "If I had had to choose between making tests optional and losing 1000 applications it would have been tough. But when you gain 1000 applications? There's no downside. "1 - William Hiss, current Vice President and former Director of Admissions at Bates

Here is what officials at colleges and universities nationwide have to say about the SAT and ACT:

"Schools that use the SAT are throwing away a third of their talent."
- William Hiss, Dean of Enrollment at Bates College

* FairTest Examiner: SAT Scoring "Debacle" Undermines Test-Maker Credibility

Thursday, August 02, 2007

originally published on http://www.admissionsadvice.com/

for further information:
Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
Cell (239) 699-0468
for release with annual SAT scores
Tuesday, August 28, 2007