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...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...
LSAC Associate Council Jim Vaseleck said "thefaulty assumption in the study's analysis is thatstudents with the same GPA from the same schoolshould have the same test scores...
...LSAT is a test of skills which may or notbe attained through mastery of college coursework,he said...
...What we do know is that the test performs itsprediction function equally for different ethnicgroups...
Mark E. McIntosh '99, a black student who tookthe LSAT on Saturday, did not see the test asculturally biased, but offered possible reasonsfor the discrepancies...