UC's provost and the chancellors of Berkeley and Santa Cruz say the SAT and ACT should not be required for admission to California's premier public university system.
to analyze the research on standardized testing and make recommendations on whether to retain the tests. The group expects to issue a preliminary report early next year.at selective universities,At the Berkeley forum, Jessica Howell, vice president of research with the College Board, which owns the SAT, pushed back at criticism of standardized tests, saying they merely reflect underlying social and educational inequities.
Provost Brown, for instance, said the failure of some California high schools to offer the full slate of courses required for UC admission is a bigger barrier to entry for underserved students than the SAT and ACT. Closer oversight of schools and more state funding to hire more teachers to offer the required classes are needed, he said.
In her remarks, Christ said she was provost at UC Berkeley when Proposition 209 passed. That change, she said, forced the university to use a “formulaic” and “terrible” admissions approach that amounted to selecting students in descending order of SAT scores — favoring some students over others for largely insignificant differences. UC campuses now considerWhen Christ became president of Smith College in 2002, she eliminated the SAT requirement.
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