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ERIC Number: EJ368274
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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College Admissions and Coaching.
Cole, Beverly P.
Negro Educational Review, v38 n2-3 p125-35 Apr-Jul 1987
Using college entrance exams as a primary criterion for college admission discriminates against minorities and the poor, but the practice continues. Coaching for these exams is done in test preparation clinics. One clinic run by the NAACP substantially raised the scores of Blacks but not those of minorities as a whole. (VM)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Scores, Test Coaching, Test Wiseness
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment; SAT (College Admission Test)
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