Tag: act
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The Stories Behind the Scores
As ACT scores begin to release today, it calls into question what standardized testing is actually evaluating. Standardized test scores are often treated as objective measures of academic ability, but they also reflect something much larger: economic inequality. Tests like the SAT and ACT are reasonably good measures of academic and general knowledge. The English…
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The Immigration and Nationality Act Of 1965: A Proponent For Equitable Reform or Inadvertent Discrimination?
On October 3rd, 1965 in Liberty Island, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered an address at the signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act, framing the bill as a repair for “a very deep and painful flaw in the fabric of American justice” and a correction of “a cruel and enduring wrong.” The “wrong” Johnson outlined…
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