College Board Allows Private SAT Exams Creating Further Discrimination
It turns out that the College Board is allowing some well off schools the ability to hold the SAT exam privately for students that attend those schools. These exams are private and not open to the public. This further discriminates against those students that are unable to take the exam. They call these examinations SAT School Days!
The College Board allows a select number of schools to offer two examination dates, one on September 23rd and another on October 14th. They are given during the school day to students at those schools that can afford to offer the exam. This discriminates against those students who attend schools that are unable to offer the examination. Worse yet, there are schools that have applied to the College Board for the ability to host the exam, but have been denied by the College Board.
The College Board even advertises that the SAT School Days program gives students at the select schools an advantage over other students.
We personally know of two schools, one that was approved to offer the exam, and another that was denied the ability to offer the exam. Our position is that all students who want to take the exam should be allowed.
Any examinations at this point should either be allowed for all or cancelled for all. The ability for any student to take the examination at this point demonstrates that colleges and universities still use the SAT for evaluations during admissions and merit scholarships. Any exam being held when many students are being excluded from taking the exam clearly demonstrates that students are being discriminated against.
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