June 25, 1999

Affirmative-Action Defenders Push Colleges to Back Draft Guidelines on Testing

By PATRICK HEALY

Facing a potentially hostile Congressional hearing this week, civil-rights groups are urging college leaders to rally behind controversial Education Department draft guidelines on standardized tests and admissions policies.

The groups that support the draft -- which warns that colleges that rely on test scores could be discriminating against minority students -- are concerned that college leaders want to sink or water down the

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