Student test scores are becoming a more popular method of judging teachers, especially since the Obama administration began tying some federal funding to the approach.

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Opponents of race-conscious affirmative action policies fear that racial categories may give some applicants a quantifiable benefit, but in reality, few admissions committees can say that there is a well-defined, systematic method of judging applicants to begin with.

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