We've been hearing since the 1990's that the SAT and ACT exams are discriminatory and racist. The word 'regatta' got the analogies remove from the exam 25 years ago. That wasn't enough. They then combined the old SAT Writing exam with the Reading Comprehension ... that didn't work as the test was really long. Eventually they threw up their hands and created a Common Core style convoluted ACTesque exam you see today.
None of these things silenced the critics, who have continually said the exam is biased and racist.
Now, we hear something else:
"University of California faculty leaders are recommending the continued use of the controversial SAT and ACT as an admission requirement for now, citing UC data showing the standardized tests may actually help boost enrollment of disadvantaged students, according to a highly anticipated report released Monday."
What the writer did was transform your thoughts into hers. The 'controversial SAT and ACT' are the topics being discussed. Did you notice how that adjective was slipped in there nice and quiet? To whom is the exam controversial? It's controversial to her and her brethren, the SJW political class who are constantly maintaining the Narrative.
Because this study shows conflicting data, the exam becomes the low rung of the ladder, the thing that must be maligned.
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What I do with this topic is simple. I ask the person who is critical of the exam their SAT score. I have found that when you / your son, daughter / cousin / niece / nephew aces the SAT or ACT, suddenly the exam is not biased, racist, or irrelevant. It is instantly wonderful and worth bragging about.
Use my technique. It's great theater.
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