Did they do this for the benefit of a particular group?
Blacks and Hispanics do poorly on the SAT, therefore it is racist.
Of course. The 'Rat constituencies -- minorities, gays, and feminists (I accidentally wrote "faminists" -- hope I wasn't channeling something!!) have been running education policy for 40 years now.
Oh, and did I mention the Communists at the core of the educracy and in the NGO cadres?