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Getting rid of the SAT serves two purposes:

1. Pulling up the drawbridge for smart kids from disadvantaged backgrounds, thus making room for less talented children of the wealthy.

2. Getting rid of objective, falsifiable assessments so they can select instead for ideology and party loyalty.

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> select instead for ideology and party loyalty.

Already being done, but not yet at the student level: https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diver...

Not officially, at least. The kind of organization that requires a political pledge as condition of employment, was not bias-free the day before the requirement became official.

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