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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21646217-top-marks-largely-go-asians-bill-de-blasio-wants-change-exams-asians-beware

What are your thoughts about this? I feel that this is a trend that one can see in the most exclusive and competitive schools and colleges - where Asians are becoming the majority because of higher academic performance.

The lowering of admissions criteria will help Whites rather than Hispanics and Blacks. Similar to what is happening in the Ivy League colleges.[/quote]

I have to shake my head with these things.  [b]The premise is always that there is cultural bias[/b].  But if there's cultural bias, then shouldn't that be favoring whites?  Obviously it isn't.  Guess the results negate a big chunk of the cultural bias theory...[/quote]

Actually the premise (if you read the article) is that children who get sent to tutors for test prep do better on the test. So the test prep tutors are effective, which they should feel proud of. But it does raise the question of what exactly the test is measuring.[/quote]

Is there actual data on how many used tutors for test prep?  Or is that just an assumption?  [/quote]

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