Still, without a test, admitting students becomes more challenging because of the workload it represents for admissions officers, Estolano said. More Work for Admissions Offices Without a Test “We would have to rewrite our entire admissions system again,” said Alexis Atsilvsgi Zaragoza, a Berkeley student and Regents member, who noted that admissions offices at the UC scrambled to adjust their criteria for letting students in after the Regents removed the SAT requirement. If a test comes along and “does what we believe it should do in a way that we believe it’s effective, we certainly could consider adopting such a thing in the future.”Īt least one Regent thought keeping the door slightly open for another testing requirement is ill-advised, given how much work is required to overhaul admissions requirements. Are Admissions Tests at the UC Gone Forever?Ĭould the UC change its stance and adopt an admissions test again? Maybe, Drake said. President Drake last month agreed with that recommendation. Overall, Smarter Balanced “captures the inequities in opportunities to learn across California schools that are pronounced by race and socioeconomic status,” the Academic Senate group’s September report said. Next, making Smarter Balanced an admissions tool would create a new marketplace for test-prep, which the Academic Senate group said would result in wealthier families hiring tutors and purchasing other materials to give their students a leg up. Get Times of San Diego Daily by Emailįor one, using it for admissions would turn the Smarter Balanced assessment into a major source of anxiety for students given its sudden high-stakes nature. Generally, it’s not a test K-12 students stress over.
It’s chiefly used by state and district officials to measure whether students are making academic progress. Unlike the SAT, though, the Smarter Balanced isn’t a “high stakes” test that determines a student’s academic fate.
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It’s an assessment federal law requires that California public school students take for free in classrooms in grades 3 through 8 and 11. The UC’s focus then shifted to using an existing test called Smarter Balanced. In effect, the Board of Regents’ tight deadline ruled out a new test, the December 2020 report said. But another academic report indicated creating a new test would take nine years.
The Board of Regents’ vote last year to get rid of the SAT included the possibility of having a replacement test by 2024. The creation of a new test is out of the question because it would take too long to develop, a December 2020 academic report to the UC Office of the President said. Replacement for SAT and ACT Considered, Rejected The number of low-income students who were admitted to a UC campus jumped by 10% since 2020. Having no testing requirement is also seen as one reason why the UC admitted its most diverse class for this fall, according to a July press statement from President Drake’s office. It does not store any personal data.The SAT and ACT have long been the focus of critics who say they are racially biased and give a leg up to wealthier students whose families can afford pricey test preparation. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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