Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?

Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by dragonwriter on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:20PM (#27935790)

> Cancelling SAT (especially subject exams) is the stupidest decision I've seen anywhere. Make access more fair? Sure. Cancel it? Plain wrong!

UC doesn’t control access to the SAT, it does control whether it uses the SAT. Not using it in its current form is the strongest influence it has to incentivize change.

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by waterhouse on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:58PM (#27936095)

So is your position that, while the SAT is still the best choice for admissions, UC should stop using it for some years in the hopes that this will motivate College Board to improve it more quickly, after which UC should resume using the SAT? That the impact (on future applicants and everyone else involved) of using a worse admissions process for some years is less than the bargaining-chip value?

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by dragonwriter on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:05PM (#27936156)

> So is your position that [...] the SAT is [...] the best choice for admissions

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by nickff on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:45PM (#27937020)

What did you mean by your second sentence?

>"Not using it in its current form is the strongest influence it has to incentivize change."

What change (and by whom) is/should UC incentivize?

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