Daniel Golden
AWARD DATE: 2011
AWARD NAME: The Morton Frank Award 2011
AWARD RECIPIENT: Daniel Golden
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Bloomberg Businessweek
AWARD HONORED WORK: “New Oriental Cracks the SAT Code”
This quintessential reporting by Daniel Golden began with a rumor that a Chinese company had “cracked the code” of SAT exams and was profiting by training thousands of students to score far higher on verbal tests than their language skills would ordinarily merit. Chatting on a Washington to Boston flight with two U.S. college admission counselors who had just returned from China, Golden picked up that tip and chased it across China. His exclusive story, built on first person interviews, detailed reporting and analysis, casts doubt on the integrity of the U.S. college-testing process and raises the question of whether the odds of college admission acceptances are being unfairly altered for countless students.
Citation(s) for Excellence:
Paul Barrett
Bloomberg Businessweek
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James Bandier
Fortune
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