Some critics blame affirmative action—students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools.

一些批评人士将此归咎于平权行动——那些来自问题高中的学生，以较低的考试分数和成绩被录取，往往在精英学校里很吃力。

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For those who want to write a new test framework, the barrier for entry is lower.

对于那些希望编写一个新的测试框架的人员而言，门槛降低了。

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This distinction between the test scenarios helped manage risk, by allowing additional resource to be applied when unexpected problems occurred, at the expense of test scenarios of lower priority.

通过允许当未预期的问题出现时应用附加的资源，以较低优先级的测试场景为代价，测试场景之间的差别帮助管理风险。

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The lower-cost test may not give complete answers.

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The test found that those given the vaccine showed a 31 percent lower risk of infection than the others.

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Under the new scheme it would, however, be possible for the lower test to be applied to freeze assets for a temporary period of 30 days.

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Poor children tend to have lower test scores, perhaps because their parents are too busy trying to make enough money to survive and don't emphasize learning at home.

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King's quote has become a staple of conservative belief that "judged by the color of their skin" includes things such as unique appeals to certain voter groups, reserving government contracts for Hispanic-owned businesses, seeking more non-white corporate executives, or admitting black students to college with lower test scores.

NPR: King 'Content Of Character' Quote Inspires Debate