SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background

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@Mwfan191

But that environment (neighborhood) is based on what Census Tract one’s address is in… point being all Census Tracts are relatively affluent in the types of suburban public high schools the post cited (New Trier, Hinsdale Central). So in those areas, low income families’ (and their are some) adversity scores won’t actually reflect their reality.

Are you saying lower SES people are living in affluent census tracts to go to the schools? It seems likely that these schools catchments have some areas(census tracts) that may not be as affluent as the majority. Lots of lower cost rental properties and thus will be somewhat reflected in the scores.