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Lawsuit Claims the ACT Sells Students’ Disability Data to Colleges

Posted on August 10, 2018 by pogowasright.org

Samantha Cole reports:

Students are suing a major college admissions test maker for allegedly selling information about their disability statuses with universities, which they say could hurt their chances at getting into schools and impact the rest of their lives.

When students register to take the ACT—a standardized test used for college admissions taken by more than a million high schoolers each year—they answer a barrage of personal questions. As part of this, they are asked to note if they have disabilities that require “special provisions from the educational institution.”

Read more on Vice.

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