The mayor is right that this is an appalling statistic. But it’s telling that he’s angry at the test and not at the city’s public schools, which he runs, for failing to provide black and Latino children with an education that would make them competitive.
The phrase "you can take the horse to water, but..." comes to mind. The public schools have failed but I cant help but think that in many cases, the culture has taught the horses to laugh at the thought of drinking.
They do it with “gifted” classes right down through the elementary school level.
Decades agao, I used to administer the SAT. And, the ACT, ATGSB and the GRE.
I have no doubt that people were sitting in for others on some of those tests.
Policies of institutions are separate from the Law, but this still strikes me as a violation (in spirit) of the “equal protection” concept.
I want my kid treated just like your kid. That’s equality.
If you game the system so that your kid gets treated in a special way, I feel cheated.
If the institution games the system so that your kid gets treated in a special way, I feel cheated.
The “two-level” system is now endemic in our society. I am a peasant. And I am unhappy with the Lords.
Just use the diversity card. It instantly makes your SAT scores irreverent.
The article talks about ‘Asian Americans’ but harvard also has a fair number of Asian students who are not Americans. Do they get a score boost or not?
Great point..!
If you can get fake ID’s for food stamps, SSN, green card, why could you not get the much lower bar ID’s sufficient for a high-schooler to take the SAT..?
I’ll bet this goes on on a Yuuuuuuuuge scale.
And it’s secret.
Who doubts Chinese and Indian people look into this?
Well, I shall relate a story. Here in my small Texas town, we had a High School student. He got expelled for some reason. He went to another nearby high school and made a name for himself as a football player. He got caught stealing and was expelled. The other high school decided to take him back due to his athletic abilities. Then, when it was time to take the college entrance exam, the school allowed him to have unlimited time, and to allow his tutor to be with him in a private room (he wasnt the brightest bulb in the box). Currently, he is now an NFL player and our town worships him and even gave him the keys to the city and to have a special day dedicated to him. Now, what’s the differnece??? I am sure stuff like this happens more than we realize. They are not role models anymore, but money making schemes. Makes me sick.
Black and Latino children as a group under-perform statistically everywhere, not just in New York when compared to other groups. Blaming the tests or the schools is stupid, the obvious answers to this riddle are all considered “racist”.
It's sorta like the moral difference between a guy holding you up on the street to get money to buy food and the government taking the money from you to give food stamps to the guy.
ML/NJ
Where find that all men are not equal, you find the rising tide of evil. That occurs in Islam where infidels are dhimmis, it occurred in Nazi Germany with dehumanizing the Jews, it occurs in all socialist states where some animals are more equal than others, and it is occurring here where only self-described "elites" are fit to govern, celebrity and depravity elevate stature, and babies are an inconvenience.
May God have mercy on our nation.
Breaking news rich people have it easier and have giant advantages in life. Its harder for poor whites/blacks to make it or become doctors etc. Donald Trump John Mccain and George Bush are who they are because of their fathers and OJ would have gone to jail if he couldn’t afford a fancy lawyer
Feels like you are making the class warfare arguements we accuse liberals of
Eventually the SAT itself will succumb to charges of being RAAAAAACIST and will fade away into history, like the one-room schoolhouse and the chalk board.
What’s the moral difference between Ms. Huffman’s getting her daughter into college with an SAT score she didn’t earn and Harvard’s institutionally elevating the lower test scores of whites, blacks and Latinos above the higher scores of Asian-Americans?
Absolutely no difference
One of the reasons our nation is going down the $h!tter is because we’re being lead by stupid people with fancy degrees from Ivy League institutions.
“On Monday Ms. Huffman agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.”
Was the US Postal Service involved?
If no mail, no mail fraud.
Parents and student should be aware that only a small percentage of colleges can afford to be highly selective.
If you can do the work and your parents can pay $$$$$, most colleges would be glad to accept an average student.
Is the SAT Proctor getting jail time as well.