“Normally, you’d have this foreboding sense that comes from taking a test in a room with 100 other students,” said Nikola Kasarskis, 17. “Now, instead, you have this foreboding sense of taking the test in a room with someone who might have a deadly virus. In-person testing is still disrupted: Four out of every 10 testing centers, mostly in the Northeast and California, are closed. “Clearly, this year, students whose families can afford to send them vast distances to take the test are doing so,” Emma said. It’s another indicator of the deep inequities that are endemic to standardized testing and the admissions system.”

Source: New York Times September 28, 2020 18:11 UTC