UNC official says concerns standardized tests are racially discriminatory are not 'supported by the evidence'
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A member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors cited a lack of evidence that standardized tests discriminate on the "basis of race."
"I know there is sincere concern that requiring standardized tests, which we have in the past, is discriminatory, that it discriminates on the basis of race, or class, low income versus wealthy, or geography, in particular rural versus urban, and while these concerns are sincere, I do not think that they are currently supported by the evidence," UNC Board of Governors member Art Pope said in the meeting, according to a local ABC affiliate. Joshua Q. Nelson is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
Joshua focuses on politics, education policy ranging from the local to the federal level, and the parental uprising in education.
The UNC System, which is run by the Board, suspended the ACT and SAT score requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Joining Fox News Digital in 2019, he previously graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Political Science and is an alum of the National Journalism Center and the Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program.