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April FairTest Examiner Newsletter Published
ACT "Smokescreen" Focuses on Small Annual Score Changes but Hides Strong Link Between Test Results and Family Income
"New" SAT Average Score Plunge, Test-Registration Drop Further Undermine College Board Credibility
Test-Maker's SAT Score-Decline Math Fails to Add Up; FairTest Urges College Board, "Tell the Truth"
FairTest Praises N.Y. Senate Subpoena of College Board SAT Scoring Error Report
Testimony of Robert Schaeffer Before the New York Senate Higher Education Committee
SAT/ACT Optional Admissions List Soars to 730 Colleges
Minimal Changes in SAT and ACT Admissions Scores Show High School Graduation Testing Has Not Improved
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts; Lawyers' Letter Claims Copyright Control Over Data on Test's Bias
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts
Faculty, Civil Rights, and Education Groups Blast UC Regent's Claims about Berkeley and the SAT
Supreme Court Michigan Decisions Will Encourage "Holistic" Admissions
New FairTest Analysis Finds: More than 700 4-Year Colleges Are SAT/ACT Optional
SAT Gender and Racial Gaps Increase Misuse of Test Results Will Hurt College Diversity
College Board Focus on Small Annual Score Variations Deflects Attention from Exam's Fundamental Flaws
Princeton Review State Test Rankings Equivalent to Arthur Anderson Audit of Enron
FairTest Supreme Court Amicus Brief Demonstrates "Test Scores Do Not Equal 'Merit'"
New Report Shows MCAS Will Block College Access for Thousands of Students
U.S. Naval Academy Challenged Over Misuse of SAT/ACT Exams; Minimum Score Requirement Violates Test Use Guidelines
Florida State Scholarship Program Unfairly Discriminates, Say Civil Rights and Educational Groups
ACT Misused for School Ratings, Accreditation, Accountability; Test-Taker Increase Boosted by Company-Sanctioned Score Abuse
College Board Emphasis on Small Score Changes Encourage SAT Misuse by Colleges, Scholarship Programs
Test Critics Tell College Board Trustees: "New SAT" Proposals are Cosmetic, Marketing Ploy Evading Test's Real Problems
SAT Repackaging Fails to Address Fundamental Flaws, May Incrase Exam's Bias and Coachability
U.C. Regents Urged to Question Admissions Test Change Impacts FairTest Says Current Proposals Fail to Address Concerns
The Truth Behind the Hype: A Closer Look at the SAT
Civil Rights, Ed. Advocacy Groups Seek Racial Bias Probe of Bright Futures Scholarship Award Formula
SAT Scores Not Needed for Fair, Valid College Admissions
GMAT Scoring Error Hurt A Thousand Business School Applicants; Test-Takers Were Not Told of Mistake for Ten Months
College Board Challenged to End "Blatant Hypocrisy" by Cracking Down on SAT Misuses, Including Its Own Handbook
The ACT: A Different Test, Not a Better Test
SAT Score Report: Fixation on Biased, Useless Test Results Undermines Educational Equity and Excellence
"SAT/ACT Optional" Admissions Enhances Equity and Excellence At Growing Number of U.S. Colleges

FairTest finds that over 755 four-year colleges do not use the SAT I or ACT to admit substantial numbers of bachelor degree applicants: See the searchable listing of schools.

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