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...only 14 percent of test-takers scoring above 1420 were from the bottom 40 percent of family incomes, and 46 percent of these students were from the top quintile of America. Though Harvard College uses criteria apart from SAT scores in admission—the College turns away perfect scores every year—Harvard students generally score quite highly on the test...
...ways: investment in sub-par school systems; enrichment programs that teach students skills like writing and organization and provide SAT preparation; and initiatives like Teach for America that get Harvard graduates out into high schools to innovate school systems. Low-income students also need adequate college counseling and test preparation, advocacy for better implementation of educational legislation, and the overall academic base to which so many of them do not have access. If the College undertakes these efforts, their work will not necessarily breed a new line of low-income students clamoring to come to Harvard—some...
...students in grades three through eight take the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exams in reading and English this week, Cambridge Public Schools (CPS)-+ officials expressed mixed opinions over the use of standardized tests to gauge student performance in the wake of last month’s SAT grading debacle. The College Board, which administers the SAT, revealed last month that over 4,400 tests had been misscored in October, one by 450 points. The Massachusetts Department of Education uses MCAS scores to determine whether schools are meeting annual benchmarks as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act, which...
...prosecution of Thomas and Bowser could have far-reaching implications for how the U.S. government and the recording industry fights illegal downloading. Palfrey, of the Berkman Center, says that this case could be particularly important because it is the first time that FECA will be put to the test. “It’s called a case of first impression,” he says. “You’ll obviously see it very carefully tried.”Palfrey says that universities like Harvard “have a lot of the data that make...
...months of work on the water and a winter’s worth of training get put to the test for the first time this weekend, when Harvard travels to Ithaca, N.Y., and New Jersey for the first dual competition of the 2006 season. The Crimson will face almost half of its EARC opponents over the weekend, squaring off against Penn and Cornell on Saturday and following up on Sunday with a four-boat race with Delaware, Georgetown, and Rutgers...