The SAT Test on This Day in History

This Day in History: The College Board administered the first SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test or Scholastic Assessment Test) exam on this day in 1926. The test is intended to assess students' readiness for college, however, lately the College Board has been under scrutiny. You see, Asian students score better than other groups, so they are held back and penalized to make way for students from other demographics with lower scores. This has led to lawsuits, and one attorney, Adam Mortara states that “Harvard has engaged in, and continues to engage in, intentional discrimination against Asian-Americans.”

"On average, Asian students need SAT scores 140 points higher than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics, and 450 points higher than blacks to get into highly selective private colleges." ~Fewer Asians Need Apply: How the Ivy League discriminates against top-achieving students by Dennis Saffran
https://www.city-journal.org/html/fewer-asians-need-apply-14180.html

"Today, I see a systematic attempt to discredit high GPAs and SAT/ACT scores from Asian-American students as somehow tainted and the result of 'privileged' upbringing. The truth is their high scores are because they worked hard and not by virtue of legacy or political power. This bias has left many Asian-Americans red-faced despite their communities’ having championed and supported diversity in all walks of life."~The Problem for Asian-American Children: Too Successful, Not Diverse Enough By Prabhudev Konana
https://news.utexas.edu/2018/12/18/the-problem-for-asian-american-children-too-successful-not-diverse-enough/