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We (in the US) have spent years deprioritizing standardized testing for college admissions on the (public) justification that they don't reflect potential for s
by zdragnar 2y ago
We (in the US) have spent years deprioritizing standardized testing for college admissions on the (public) justification that they don't reflect potential for success.
Likewise, there's been an element of testing = racial discrimination in all sorts of fields, such as:
https://fairtest.org/article/legal-attack-biased-firefighter-tests/ https://fairtest.org/article/legal-attack-biased-firefighter...
And:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/29/connecticut-firefighters-supreme-court https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/29/connecticut-fi...
The fact that this study alleges a direct link between exam scores and performance is itself bucking the zeitgeist.