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    College Board tries to address inequality, and takes a beating

    by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency Aug 30, 2019 3 minutes

    The College Board didn't intend to trigger America's longstanding squeamishness around race, class and educational achievement. But that's exactly what happened when it tried to introduce a measure of "adversity" that test-takers have faced in life.

    The College Board is the non-profit that administers the SAT exam. In May, it announced a new process to assign an "adversity score" along with students' results. Race was not to be a factor.

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