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Podcast: Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
Episode: WOULD ELIMINATING TESTS MAKE EDUCATION MORE EQUITABLE?
Description: Inequitable access to high-quality education harms all of us in society, particularly the least advantaged among us. Yet some efforts to mitigate the advantages of wealth and privilege in admissions may inadvertently do the exact opposite. Amy and Mike invited researcher Adam Tyner to explore whether eliminating tests makes education more or less equitable. What are five things you will learn in this episode? What are the origins of anti-test sentiment in modern American education? Why are some public university systems phasing out college admissions tests? What does the research tell us about inequity in the...