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To: Rich1 who wrote (18864)	2/17/2000 10:10:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 63513

National Summaries Colorado College of Colorado Springs is throwing out the SAT test for some students and replacing it with a ?Lego-building test.? The prestigious private college told the Denver Post it is using the unusual play-toy test to ?attract minority and disadvantaged students.? No pen or pencil will be necessary for the new test. High school seniors are simply required to ?snap together colorful Legos.? The Post says that the Lego test will help ?identify initiative, leadership and an ability to work in groups - qualities that hours-long ACT and SAT tests never quite get at.? ?This puts more emphasis on hard-to-measure characteristics and less on the standardized tests that frankly have been a stumbling block for disadvantaged and minority students,? Terry Swenson, Colorado College?s admissions dean, told the Post