I am interested in your paper on the subject.
Robert Weverka
<weverka@optivision.com>
---begin quoted text from LA Times---
Scrapping SAT May Not Be Answer to Diversity at UC;
Education / An exploration of ideas, issues and trends in education;
Analysis finds that dropping the standardized tests as admissions
criteria would boost Latino and white eligibility but reduce it for
blacks and Asians.;
Wednesday, January 7, 1998
Home Edition
Section: Metro
ID: 0980001965
Words: 742
Byline: KENNETH R. WEISS
TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Black and Latino students do not score as well as their white
counterparts on the SAT, so eliminating the exams from admissions
decisions should help more minority students get into the University of
California.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McMahon, Kathleen [mailto:kmcmahon@saonet.ucla.edu]
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 1998 5:45 PM
> To: edequity@tristram.edc.org
> Subject: RE: The SAT: Public Spirited or Preserving Privilege?
>
>
> I am interested if anyone has information on the use of SAT on
> admissions (particularly to the University of California
> schools). I am
> writing a paper on stopping the requirement of the SAT for the UC
> admission requirements and would be interested if anyone has
> information
> for either the argument for the use or against the use.
>
> thanks very much.
> Kathleen
> kmcmahon@saonet.ucla.edu