 In 2004, the College Board, owners of the SAT, asked FairTest to remove a detailed analysis of performance on standardized tests by race, income and sex.FairTest refused, and the College Board backed down claiming that an intern had written the threatening letter without authorization.Conservative bloggers have launched an attack on FairTest claiming that the alleged lack of credentials, alleged false claims, and alleged political connections of those who run the organization; the unnamed sources of funding, and the organization's tax returns have all raised questions.. "[T]est-optional policies at colleges and universities lead[ing] to artificially inflated average SAT scores among incoming freshmen, ... which is fueled in large part by FairTest political activists, ... provides sufficient reason for media and academic organizations to reassess their reliance on FairTest and other political organizations for meaningful input in the college admissions debate."