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ERIC Number: EJ598442
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
This Wasn't Supposed To Happen: The Black-White SAT Gap Is Actually Growing Larger.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n25 p95-100 Fall 1999
Reports the increase of the black-white scoring gap on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). As race-sensitive college admissions decline, these scores present barriers to educational progress by Blacks in selective institutions. Explains the scoring gap noting why so few Blacks have top SAT scores and thus will be shut out of major universities with race-neutral admissions policies. (SM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, College Admission, Educational Opportunities, Educational Testing, Equal Education, Higher Education, Racial Bias, Racial Differences, Scores, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Score Decline, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Scholastic Assessment Tests