College board to add \'adversity score\' to SAT

STUDENTS EARN THEIR SCORE.THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND THEEXAM SAYS ALL TEST-TAKERS WILLNOW GET A SO-CALLED "ADVERSITYSCORE" THAT REFLECTS THEIRSOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDTHE SCORE WILL BE CALCULATEDFROM 1-TO-100 - -FACTORING INTHE CRIME RATE AND POVERTYLEVEL IN THE STUDENT'SNEIGHBORHOOD...AS WELL AS THIER PARENTS'INCOME.THE COLLEGE BOARD..WHICH OVERSEAS THE S-A-T..SAYS RACE IS NOT A FACTOR INTHE SCORING..SOT DAVIS COLEMAN / COLLEGEBOARD CEO "IMAGINE THAT STUDENTWHO'S GROWN UP WITH LESS MADEA TON OUT OF IT, THAT'S A GREATPERSON TO LET INTO YOUR HIGHLYRESOURCED COLLEGE, BECAUSEIMAGINE WHAT THEY'LL DO WHENTHEY HAVE ALL THOSE RESOURCES."50 SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY TESTINGOUT THE ADVERSITY SCORESYSTEM--BUT THERE ARE PLANS TOEXPAND THE PROGRAM TO 150SCHOOLS BY THIS FALL.THE SCORES WILL NOT BE REVEALEDTO TEST-TAKERS -- BUT SCHOOLSWILL SEE THE NUMBERS WHENREVIEWING COLLEGE APPLICATIONS.OPPONENTS SAY THE CHANGE COULDPUT BETTER-PERFORMING STUDENTSAT A DISADVANTAGE.THE COLLEGE BOARD SAYS THATWON'T HAPPEN.THIS CHANGE COMES -- FOLLOWINGTHE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDALTHAT MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES.NEW OVERNIGHT -- BOEING