Western Kentucky Students Declare Standardized Scores as Fostering “White Supremacy” and Demand Free Tuition as Reparations

The students denounced standardized test scores as “restrict[ing] the college opportunities for needy students, helping higher education perpetuate inequality.”

They added that “standardized tests perpetuate and uphold white supremacy.”

 “It is clear from research that students and families do not understand what this means, and that the use of test scores in admissions is a defining attribute of the institution and prominent piece of our image,” the resolution reads. “Additionally, the ‘arms race’ for merit aid only bars the low-income and minority students from attending Western Kentucky University.”

WKU students are not alone in demanding the end of standardized tests as inimical to the advancement of black students.  Some schools including George Washington have dropped their reliance on scores as a way of increasing their class diversity.