Florida HS student abandons fight to validate SAT scores: report
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Florida high school student who was fighting to have her SAT scores validated after test administrators suspected her of cheating, will retake the test, her attorneys said Thursday.
Kamilah Campbell, a Miami Gardens High School senior, fought back earlier this year when test administrators withheld her SAT scores. The student first took the SAT test back in March 2018 and scored 900, short of the score of 1600 that is deemed perfect. Distraught over the initial result, she decided to study more and take the test again. During her second try, she landed a 1230 score – a score the Educational Testing Service and the College Board refused to confirm and said was “invalid" until further review.
Campbell insisted she “did not cheat," and studied hard to improve her score. But the review board refused to back down. They argued that their decision was based on her scores aligning too closely with other test takers and the absence of notes in her test booklet.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Campbell hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who argued that she risked missing college application deadlines.
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Crump, who is no longer working with Campbell, told CNN Thursday that the media attention “has been extremely stressful and emotionally traumatizing for her.”
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He added: “Rather than further challenging the score validity process, she is now interested in potentially retaking the SAT and continuing her path forward privately as she pursues her college goals.”
Fox News' Lukas Mikelionis contributed to this report.