Comment Re:What? Fuel inequality? (Score 1) 93
1) Minorities come from cultural (and in some cases linguistic) backgrounds that differ from the test writers, this puts them at a disadvantage when comprehending the questions and giving the expected answers.
English is not my native language, but I got pretty high scores on mock SATs. I haven't bothered with ACTs for English. I haven't seen _any_ questions that required any kind of deep cultural knowledge inaccessible to other ethnicities.
For math and science SAT/ACT tests, it's not even a joke. These tests are as culturally bland as they can get. An alien from Alpha Centauri would be able to get perfect scores.
2) Minorities often go to worse schools (with massive internal variation), these schools are less equipped to prepare people for the test.
And what makes schools worse or better?
3) Parents in the majority have a good understanding of what the SAT means, how important it is, how to study for it, when to get tutoring, etc, etc. And they pass on this knowledge to their kids. Kids from less privileged backgrounds don't have this advantage.
So... perhaps fix _that_ problem?