Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?

Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by austincheney on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:20PM (#27935784)

SAT is a standardized test of academic performance, where in there is an affirmed bias in what criteria you qualify as education worth testing. That bias is substantially amplified by dedicated preparation, which requires assets that are egalitarian.

This means wealthy families are substantially advantaged in SAT test performance. As a measure of preparation more than potential it may well serve as strong indicator future academic participation, but for all the wrong reasons. As such it can be used as a tool for exclusivity as a measure of anything.

To adequately test for performance biases aside divergent tests are better than conforming tests. The difference is the former tests for answer distribution, quantity, and validity where the later asserts correctness by asserting one answer against a single approved answer.

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by Spivak on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:46PM (#27935989)

I don’t know why you were immediately downvoted. This is precisely why places are doing the whole holistic thing which isn’t some mysterious quota thing but giving applicants the ability to show off their talents in whatever their strengths are however they manifest. If you’re bad a standardized testing your app won’t immediately hit the trash. But if you are then by all means put your scores on your application.

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