Op-Ed: Dropping the SATs could make UC admissions more biased (via latimesopinion)
found that the UC system has been able to offset such bias by including other relevant factors in admissions.
Grading standards vary greatly across California. Research by the Fordham Institute indicates that there has beenin recent years at affluent high schools than those serving lower-income students, thus creating a wider GPA gap. This finding has been cited as showing that grade inflation can lead to a bias problem in admissions as well.
The fact is, an admissions process that seeks to find talented, motivated students from all backgrounds has to be cognizant of biases in all assessment tools and compensate for them. In the admissions process, UC Riverside affords specific weight to both first-generation and low-income students, which has been a key element of Riverside’s success.UC Riverside isn’t alone in making efforts to offset test bias. All the UC campuses “re-norm” the SATs to evaluate an application in the context of the student’s high school and neighborhood, allowing admissions officers to find standouts among students of similar backgrounds.
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