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According to FairTest, while 56% who took the PSAT in 1994 were female, only 42% of National Merit Semifinalists are female. Semifinalists are chosen solely on the basis of test scores...
...FairTest is right. The PSAT is definitely biased in favor of men and penalizes women at both SAT and PSAT levels," Gordon said...
...Fairtest, a Cambridge-based organization whose purpose is evident from its name, concludes in its report that SAT analogies like "dividends is to shareholders' and 'checkmate is to chess'" are biased against minorities; this point is petty, and dangerously misleading. Our reaction should not be, "Let's eliminate those questions," but rather, "Let's make sure African American and Latino students know what those things...
...Fairtest report cites examples of biased metaphors in the verbal section, such as "dividends is to stock-holders" and "checkmate is to chess...
...Trivial Pursuit--how one can answer 145 questions in a very short period with no context and in many instances no thought does not tell you anything about a person's ability to succeed in college," says Robert A. Schaeffer, public education director at Fairtest...