College Board Drops Plans for SAT Student Adversity Scores

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https://edsource.org/2019/college-board-backtracks-on-single-adversity-score-in-admissions-tool/616785

Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, the College Board will also give students access to the information about their neighborhoods and high schools.

College Board CEO David Coleman said the new score will more accurately capture a student’s background. “We’re not going to try to sum it up in a single score. We’re going to try to provide general information about high schools and neighborhoods. Our real aim here is just consistent background information.”

It is unclear which of California’s public colleges and universities will use the new index to decide freshman admissions. EdSource has contacted the nine University of California undergraduate campuses to determine whether they are planning to use the index. Officials at UC Irvine and UC Berkeley said the university is participating in the pilot for the new score but is still learning how it works.

Toni Molle, a spokeswoman for the 23-campus California State University system, said CSU does not have plans to use the tool.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sat-adds-adversity-score-amid-concerns-that-privileged-students-have-an-unfair-advantage-2019-05-16

Standardized tests have become a major culprit in this conversation, with stakeholders worrying that the tests are more of an indicator of race and class background than anything else.