Word: socio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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High-priced test preparation courses can train students to master the SAT, but are often inaccessible to students of lower socio-economic background, says Xavier A. Gutierrez '95, vice-president of Raza...
Alvin L. Bragg '95, president of the Black Students' Association, says from his personal experience he believes the test is biased, both socio-economically and racially...
Fitzsimmouns attributed the gap in minority average SAT scores and white and Asian American scores to differences in socio-economic background...
According to studies conducted by the College Board, there is a strong correlation between SAT scores and ethnicity as well as between SAT scores and socio-economic background, he said. Fitzsimmons added that there is "a higher percentage of African Americans on financial aid than any other ethnic group...
...More often than for other groups, there are students from African American backgrounds who have overcome considerable obstacles in terms of making themselves the outstanding college candidates that they are-obstacles in terms of socio-economic background," Fitzsimmons said...