July 30, 1999

What Do Scores on Standardized Tests Really Tell Us About Students?

To the Editor:

The proposition of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is detrimental to society in three basic ways ("Education Dept. Official Tells Congress Guidelines on Testing Won't Burden Colleges," July 2).

First, it assumes that standardized tests themselves cause the disparities in scores. We must admit to ourselves that the problem of minority underachievement is infinitely less

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