A sharp student in the 11th percentile at a school with rigorous standards loses out to a student who makes the top 10 at a school where standards are low. That not only seems unfair and it might just as well work against a minority student as for him. While some proponents of affirmative action support such policies, others offer a different complaint. A statement by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights defending affirmative action opposed percentage plans, saying that they offered no incentive to fix inequities in elementary and secondary schools and depended on the continued segregation of public high schools. Another project tries to measure other indicators of a potentially successful student, such as motivation and persistence.
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