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The yet-to-be-named vice-presidential candidates also will debate on a college campus this fall.
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Among other radical changes, the institutions will limit their enrollments, teach a wide variety of subjects, and seek private-sector support.
Disabled Students Remain Eligible for Federally Subsidized Housing
Regulations issued today aim to ensure that a former attempt to prevent abuses of federal housing subsidies does not deny them to disabled students.
Leaked Contract Helps Sallie Mae and USA Funds in Court
A federal judge, peeved by the leak, threw out a lawsuit accusing the two companies and a collections business of defrauding taxpayers and student-loan borrowers.
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May 3, 2006
N.Y. Lawmaker to Propose Legislation Over SAT Errors
A powerful New York State senator took aim at the College Board on Tuesday, criticizing it for a series of recent scoring errors on the SAT and calling for greater government oversight of college-admissions tests, The New York Times reported this morning.
Speaking at a hearing, the senator, Kenneth P. LaValle, a Republican, said “the industry cannot regulate itself,” after hearing excuses from representatives of the College Board and the contractor that was responsible for the mistakes, which it blamed on damp answer sheets (The Chronicle, March 24). The scoring glitches have led to at least one lawsuit (The Chronicle, April 10).
The senator, who has a history of pushing for more transparency and accountability in the testing industry, said he would propose legislation requiring the College Board to disclose all questions and answers, at no charge, after an exam; to respond to complaints within a few days instead of a few weeks; and to take more action to assure quality control.
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