Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
by brlewis on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:48PM
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The article is ambiguous:
>adding an “adversity score” to the test results
Does this mean an additional number is going to be supplied alongside the individual test scores and overall score, or that the overall score will be a sum that includes an adversity score? In other words, is the article using "adding" in the sense of numbers or the sense of sets?
EDIT:
The Journal reported that this new score will appear alongside a student's SAT score and will be featured in a section labeled the "Environmental Context Dashboard."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sat-adversity-score-college-boa...
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
by sokoloff on Thursday May 16, 2019 @11:17PM
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What if the former scores 1220 and the latter 1200? That's the concerning case, IMO. If both kids scored 1200, I'm indifferent as to whether a desirable school offers admission to 0, 1, or both of them.
Who's more impressive on average? Students with a 1200 SAT in an area with low crime and upper middle class income, or students with a 1200 SAT in an area with high crime and low income? There's a presumption that the latter probably had external challenges to overcome.