Test Guidelines Will Coerce Colleges and Cheat Students

By ROGER CLEGG and LENORE OSTROWSKY

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is circulating draft guidelines -- which bureaucrats euphemistically call a "resource guide" -- among college and university admissions offices,

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Past Coverage

Civil-Rights Office Questions Legality of Colleges' Use of Standardized TestsDiscrimination in Colleges' Policies on Test Scores? - May 28, 1999
In New Guidance, Education Department Softens Its 'Anti-Test' Rhetoric - January 7, 2000
New Guidelines for Use of SATs - July 30, 1999
A Lightning Rod on Civil RightsNorma V. Cantu - September 17, 1999
At Admissions Conference, Talk of Standardized Tests Dominates - October 10, 2008

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