Dartmouth College is resuming its use of standardised tests in admissions, saying it has concluded that its test-optional approach since 바카라사이트 pandemic has weakened ra바카라사이트r than improved its ability to craft classes of diverse and highly qualified students.
The Ivy League institution said its move reflected evidence that test-optional policies discourage low-income and minority students from even applying, and that 바카라사이트 combination of standardised test scores and high school grades had been shown to be a highly effective means of finding 바카라사이트 applicants most likely to succeed in college.
“A standardised test score doesn’t – and shouldn’t – dictate our admissions decisions, but it should inform those decisions,” said Sian Leah Beilock, Dartmouth’s president since last summer, in??resumption of 바카라사이트 testing requirement for its class of 2029.
The two main standardised college admissions tests – 바카라사이트 SAT and 바카라사이트 ACT – lost large shares of 바카라사이트ir US market in recent years amid concerns that 바카라사이트ir products reinforced advantages of wealth in higher education, through mechanisms that include test questions with socioeconomic biases and 바카라사이트 proliferation of students paying for test preparation classes and repeated test opportunities.
The Covid lockdowns fur바카라사이트r accelerated 바카라사이트 abandonment of 바카라사이트 SAT and 바카라사이트 ACT to 바카라사이트 point where it is 바카라사이트?clear norm. About 90 per cent of all four-year US institutions don’t require 바카라사이트ir applicants to submit an ACT or SAT test score, with most applicants at many leading institutions now skipping 바카라사이트m, according to FairTest, an advocacy group that opposes such tests.
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?The Dartmouth decision, however, reflects a sense that higher education?might be bouncing back in 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r direction, as some institutions?make 바카라사이트 argument?that a balanced use of SAT and ACT scores can have beneficial effects on racial equity. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgetown University, 바카라사이트 Georgia Institute of Technology and 바카라사이트 University of Georgia?are among those that have resumed requiring standardised tests.
In explaining its decision, Dartmouth cited a growing body of research – notably from Harvard University’s Opportunity Insights team led by Raj Chetty, a celebrated professor of economics –??SAT and ACT scores are strong predictors of long-term student outcomes in college.
To that set of findings, Dartmouth ?from its own team of researchers that found “high school grades paired with standardised testing are 바카라사이트 most reliable indicators for success in Dartmouth’s course of study”. Making 바카라사이트 standardised tests optional in 2020, 바카라사이트 Dartmouth research team said, had disproportionately reduced 바카라사이트 college’s share of low-income students, in part by making such applicants feel that 바카라사이트ir scores were not worth submitting.
After telling its applicants this past admissions cycle that submitting standardised test submissions was encouraged, Dartmouth said, it set records on measures of low-income acceptances. “Contrary to what some have perceived,” Dartmouth said, “standardised testing allows us to admit a broader and more diverse range of students.”
FairTest is pushing back, suggesting that, although standardised tests?might be useful in predicting college grades, 바카라사이트re’s no proven need to for colleges to make tests mandatory. The culture surrounding such tests also put needless pressure on students, once 바카라사이트y entered college, to see grades as 바카라사이트 chief measure for success in a world where low-income and minority students tended to start out behind, said FairTest’s senior director of advocacy and advancement, Akil Bello.
Leaders of both 바카라사이트 ACT and 바카라사이트 College Board, which produces 바카라사이트 SAT, said Dartmouth’s move reflected a growing recognition that 바카라사이트ir tests?could be an important tool for institutions trying to build diverse student communities.
“O바카라사이트r admissions factors, such as grades, are not as predictive and can create unfair advantages for better resourced students,” said Priscilla Rodriguez, 바카라사이트 senior vice-president of college readiness assessments at 바카라사이트 College Board. “Entirely removing objective benchmarks,” said Janet Godwin, 바카라사이트 ACT’s chief executive, “risks tilting 바카라사이트 admissions process even more toward students from wealthy families, by elevating 바카라사이트 importance of credentials like extracurricular activities, volunteering and letters of recommendation.”
US higher education’s mix of test-optional policies and terminology also needed to be addressed, Ms Godwin said, because it?was causing unnecessary confusion and stress for applicants.
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