A House subcommittee hearing on affirmative action Thursday turned contentious as Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) and a Chinese American witness sparred over why colleges have increasingly moved away from requiring standardized tests for admissions.
The hearing of the House subcommittee on higher education and workforce development was titled"How SCOTUS's Decision on Race-Based Admissions is Shaping University Policies" and focused on the impact of the Supreme Court's June ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC that banned the consideration of a student's race in college admissions decisions.
"In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and George Floyd’s tragic death, over one thousand colleges and universities made standardized tests optional for their admissions," Zhao's submitted testimony reads. Takano questioned Zhao on the statement, saying that colleges turned to test-optional applications due to the COVID-19 pandemic canceling SAT and ACT tests."The advocates of racial equity took advantage of that," Zhao replied.
The link between race and standardized testing was a theme throughout the hearing. Opponents of standardized testing have typically asserted that the tests have racist origins and lead to disparate outcomes.During the hearing, another witness, David Hinojosa, said that standardized testing has eugenic roots.
"[Standardized tests] are incredibly biased instruments. They were started based on eugenic science, which has obviously been dismissed by the scientific community," Hinojosa said."They're poor predictors of college readiness, so there's no connection to that, and your test scores are predicted based on your zip code and the quality of education you received."
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