Who stands to gain most from Harvard’s SAT-optional
policy? Harvard admissions officials.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/24/who-stands-gain-most-harvards-sat-optional-policy-harvard-admissions-officials/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/24/who-stands-gain-most-harvards-sat-optional-policy-harvard-admissions-officials/
By Ditching the SAT, Harvard Hurts Minority Students
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-ditches-sat-hurts-minority-meritocracy-education-diversity-affirmative-action-asian-black-11640123407
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-ditches-sat-hurts-minority-meritocracy-education-diversity-affirmative-action-asian-black-11640123407
“Emily Engelschall, UC Riverside director of undergraduate admissions, says she sees the shortcomings of standardized testing but that the scores do help evaluate grades across vastly different high schools. She also worries that dropping the testing requirement could exacerbate grade inflation.
“If you don’t have some sort of standardized tests to balance out grade inflation,” she said, “then that does take one piece of the puzzle away from an admissions professional to help make a decision about a student.”
Jessica Howell, the College Board’s vice president of research, has said that a greater reliance on high school grades in the name of equity would be “misguided” because grade inflation is associated with wealth.”
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