The editorial "Biased Standard" (Collegian, Jan. 21) lauds the NCAA for, in the Collegian's view at least, putting academics above sports, but condemns the use of Scholastic Aptitude Test scores for selecting student athletes, presumably because, according to the Collegian, the tests are biased against minorities.

As with most criticisms of such tests, there is no suggestion regarding how college eligibility might be better determined. Perhaps the editors would use "culture-fair" tests? And if no tests, then what would the editors propose? A reading of the relavent sections of the introductory psychology text that is used in two sections of Psychology 002 this semester is enlightening. "(The tests) may be biased -- but not in a way that unfairly discriminates among groups." Later, in the same section, we read: "Indeed, there is research to show that SAT scores predict academic success for minority students as well as they do for others. Furthermore, culture-fair tests do not predict academic achievement as well as conventional tests do."

It might be added there is evidence that while high school grade point average predicts college grade point average better than the SAT for white people, the reverse is true for black people.