Welcome to my civic issues thread, through which I am discussing the drawbacks of the college admissions process. In my last post, I introduced some issues surrounding the SAT. Because the pandemic prevented many from taking the exam, schools have widely gone test-optional during the last few college admissions cycles. These changes have been particularly […]

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Welcome to my civic issues thread, through which I am discussing the drawbacks of the college admissions process. Today I am going to be looking at one of the main sources of standardization–and socioeconomic divide–in secondary education. Yes, I am going to be looking at the dreaded SAT for this semester. The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude […]

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