The background a student comes from is highly reflective of their performance on standardized tests. An excerpt from the article “Standardized Testing” suggests, “Students from wealthier households are more likely to go to well-resourced schools and have broader access to preparatory courses and tutoring. Underscoring socioeconomic disparities, critics of testing in college admissions point to multiple studies that have shown SAT scores correlate to students' family backgrounds more strongly than they correlate to indicators of achievement or preparedness” (np). The likelihood of students from lower-income families being successful during testing is low because of the lack of resources available due to socioeconomic status. Critics argue that requiring students to submit test scores plays a major part in which students colleges accept. Critics also believe that standardized tests give an overview of what a school is
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