https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2019-12-10/lawsuit-against-university-of-california-system-challenges-sat-act-admissions-requirement
> public school districts and education advocacy groups sued the University of California system Tuesday, arguing that its admission requirement that applicants submit an SAT or ACT score is illegal, unconstitutional and discriminatory.
> "Rather than fulfilling its vision as '[a]n engine of opportunity for all Californians' and creating a level playing field in which all students are evaluated based on individual merit, the [University of California] requires all applicants to subject themselves to SAT and ACT tests that are demonstrably discriminatory against the State's least privileged students, the very students who would most benefit from higher education," the lawsuit states.
> The lawsuit draws heavily from research that shows low-income students and students of color tend to score worse than their wealthier, whiter peers, who more frequently hire tutors, take the test multiple times and are enrolled in school districts with the big budgets that accompany communities with high property values. That, in turn, affords their schools the ability to hire the best teachers, have lower student-to-teacher ratios and offer advanced courses, among many other things.
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> public school districts and education advocacy groups sued the University of California system Tuesday, arguing that its admission requirement that applicants submit an SAT or ACT score is illegal, unconstitutional and discriminatory.
> "Rather than fulfilling its vision as '[a]n engine of opportunity for all Californians' and creating a level playing field in which all students are evaluated based on individual merit, the [University of California] requires all applicants to subject themselves to SAT and ACT tests that are demonstrably discriminatory against the State's least privileged students, the very students who would most benefit from higher education," the lawsuit states.
> The lawsuit draws heavily from research that shows low-income students and students of color tend to score worse than their wealthier, whiter peers, who more frequently hire tutors, take the test multiple times and are enrolled in school districts with the big budgets that accompany communities with high property values. That, in turn, affords their schools the ability to hire the best teachers, have lower student-to-teacher ratios and offer advanced courses, among many other things.
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