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...preparatory courses like the Princeton Review and Kaplan are also give wealthier students an unfair advantage, according to Schaeffer. Preparatory courses like these are "steroids to boost test scores," he said...
...These students spend their weekends reading Shakespeare or at soup kitchens, not at Princeton Review or Kaplan," Schaeffer said...
Robert A. Schaeffer, public education director for the Fairtest organization, stated Fairtest's position that the SAT should be optional for college-bound seniors...
...require the admissions testing game is a distortion of the educational process--it reinforces societal discrimination," Schaeffer said. "[Placing] importance on test scores deters otherwise qualified applicants from applying to colleges...
According to Schaeffer, the problem of standardized testing fairness has recently had a controversial place in college admissions. On Monday, federal judges in Philadelphia ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) minimum SAT requirement was racially biased and not educationally related...