Students Sue Over SAT Errors
April 9, 2006
The SAT’s which took place October 2005 had problems when it came to the scoring. Thousands of students were given scores that were to low sometimes as much as 450 points and some to high as much as 50.
The policy of the College Board is to fix the scores that were incorrectly too low, but the ones that are too high will stay the same. That has angered students who feel it is unfair for them since they will have to compete for admission, scholarships and financial aid with students who have an inflated SAT score.
The lawsuit has two sides: Students who recieved the wrong score and students who are angry that their classmates get to keep their falsely inflated scores. The lawsuit is being handled by three Minnesota firms; Larson King, and Zimmerman Reed and McSweeney & Fay. The SAT errors affected 4,411 out of 500,000 students.
This is a dilemma for SAT authority. If they had corrected the scroes of the students who scored high even the they would have faced law suit. This law suit is an interesting one and outcome of it wil influence similar conidtions in future too. The only good thing for SAT authority is that they will know in future what to do when this kind of problem arises.