Word: sats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...video, through interviews with a variety of experts, asks whether J.K.'s college options--and the options of students like him--should be limited by SAT scores...
Orfield, who spoke first after the film, said that the problem of below-average SAT scores among some minorities highlights a need to improve school systems where some minorities do not receive the same quality of education as students from wealthier districts...
...belief is it is important not to look for a simple solution," he said, in reference to critics of the SAT who call for its elimination as the best way to improve educational opportunities for minorities...
Camara said that problems with the SAT, as well as the significance of the test itself, are exaggerated. He added that the SAT's are only the third ranking factor, behind grades and difficulty of classes, in the college admissions process...
...media has overemphasized the SAT," Camara said...