ISBN-13: 9780367437039. Unequal By Design. Title: Unequal By Design. by Wayne Au. Author: Wayne Au. Format: Paperback. This new edition ofUnequal By Design: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality critically examines the deep and enduring problems within systems of education in the U.S., in order to illuminate what is really at stake for students, teachers, and communities negatively affected by such testing.