November 10, 2006

ETS Accused of Squelching New Approach on Racial Bias

By PETER SCHMIDT

Plan was an alternative to using race in admissions; testing service denies charge

A prominent higher-education researcher says scholars at the Educational Testing Service may have discovered a substitute for race-conscious college-admissions policies back in 1999, but their research project was suppressed — and eventually killed off — before they could put their findings through peer review and make them public.

A spokesman for the testing service says the

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