December 21, 2001
Civil-Rights Groups Blast Florida's Use of SAT Scores in Awarding Scholarships
A coalition of civil-rights groups and educators has asked Gov. Jeb Bush and several other leaders in Florida to change the criteria for the state's merit-based scholarships, charging that the popular program discriminates against minority students because eligibility is based on "rigid test score cutoffs" on the SAT and ACT examinations.
In a letter to the governor and other state officials this month, the advocacy groups said that black and Hispanic students are less likely than
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