Word: lsat
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...order to conduct the study, Testing for the Public took a sample of students from the five schools who took the LSAT from 1996-1998 and subsequently applied to Boalt...
...average, black students scored 9.30 points lower on the LSAT than white students; Latino students, 6.87 points lower; Native American students, 3.77 points lower; and Asian-American students, 2.48 points behind...
...possible range of scores on the LSAT is between 120-180 points...
...sees that grades are not that strong anindex, because, one, there is more variability ingrades than there are in test scores, and two,more compelling, is that the grading scale is atbest, from 1 to 5. This varies from field tofield, so, basically, the [LSAT] can distinguishmore subtle differences than a 5-point scale...
Officials from the Law School AdmissionsCouncil (LSAC), which is responsible for writingthe LSAT, also say Testing for the Public's studyis somewhat misleading, but concede it does revealsignificant ethnic gaps within the testingpopulation...