July 23, 1999

Colleges Urge Civil-Rights Office to Revise Guidelines on Testing

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Nine leading higher-education lobbying associations and the nation's largest testing services have urged the Education Department to revise its draft guidelines on standardized tests and admissions policies, warning that the controversial plan is at times misdirected and filled with confusing legal language.

In written comments, the college lobbying groups told the department's Office for Civil Rights that the guidelines should be

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