Word: scoring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...teams fought a close battle throughout the first half of the contest. Neither team, however, was able to capitalize on scoring opportunities. At the end of 45 minutes of play the score remained standing...
...With the score set firmly at 2-0, Harvard cruised easily to victory...
...team that earlier in the season had been plagued by an inability to score, this win added to the rising proof that those days appear to be a mere memory...
Blacks and Hispanics have historically scored well below the national mean for the SAT. According to the College Board, the average score for blacks is 857; for Mexican-Americans, it is 909. The national average on the SAT is 1016. Asians and whites have averages of 1056 and 1052, respectively. The task force estimates that junking the SAT as a requirement will increase the pool of Latinos eligible for admission by 59 percent...
Furthermore, the test is not biased against those who do not grow up drenched in "American culture." Nor does it place students whose first language is Spanish or Ebonics at an insurmountable disadvantage. Remember, according to the College Board, Asians score higher on the SAT than any other group, and English is the most difficult to learn for someone who speaks a language with neither German nor Latin roots...