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California groups demand UC drop SAT and ACT, alleging exams discriminate against disadvantaged students

LOS ANGELES - The University of California came under new pressure Tuesday to eliminate the SAT and ACT as an admission requirement, when several groups threatened a lawsuit alleging that the tests violate state civil rights laws by unlawfully discriminating against disabled, low-income and underrepresented minority students.

A letter delivered to UC regents by lawyers representing the Compton Unified School District, the Community Coalition and others demanded that the university "immediately stop this discriminatory practice" or face litigation. It marks the first step in what could be the nation's first lawsuit seeking to end the use of the controversial tests, which have been dropped

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