Standardized Test Discriminate Against Minorities And Low-Income Students

In the article “Standardized Test Discriminate against Minority and Lower-Income Students,” Joseph Soares and Sarah Ovaska argue that standardized test discriminates against minority groups and low-income students. The author contends that ACT and SAT tests put low-income and minority students at major disadvantages and have resulted in a lack of diversity in universities in the UNC system (Soares). They think that a student’s grade point average will give admissions counselors a better idea of the students abilities. In a conversation between Soares and NC Policy Watch, NC Policy Watch asked Soares if the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the state’s flagship university serving poor and rich students equally, Soares’ reply was “No.