The University of California system on Friday announced in a legal settlement with students and advocacy groups that it will no longer consider SAT and ACT scores when reviewing applications for admission or scholarships.
Under the settlement, the university has agreed that SAT or ACT scores sent along in admissions applications to any of the campuses in its system between fall 2021 and spring 2025 will not be viewed by admissions officials.
The university in May 2020 had already agreed to phase out the consideration of SAT and ACT scores for students applying for admission in or after fall 2025.
The decision makes the University of California, which has nine campuses across the state and a total of about 225,000 undergraduate students, one of the largest schools to cut ties with the standardized tests that for decades have been an essential component in college admissions.
Friday’s settlement seemingly ends a prolonged legal dispute over the use of standardized tests. In a 2019 lawsuit, a coalition of students, advocacy groups and the Compton Unified School District argued that the tests place an unfair disadvantage on students of color, as well as those with disabilities and those from low-income families.
The University of California had joined other universities last year in making SAT and ACT scores optional for applications due to the coronavirus pandemic, and had already decided to extend this optional period another year.
However, students sued the university, alleging that providing the option to voluntarily submit scores would still be unfair to students with disabilities, many of whom were not able to take the tests with their needed accommodations during the pandemic.
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University of California system will no longer consider SAT, ACT scores in admissions decisions process https://t.co/4VZKm5FzbO pic.twitter.com/E7aHSaMf54
— The Hill (@thehill) May 16, 2021
So how will the university know whether a student is college material? It could be admitting illiterates. I guess when the university is filled with students who can’t read or write and who can’t pass the courses, it will have to further lower standards.
Another good reason not to send your kids to colleges and universities. A college education is almost worthless now. Might as well have your children learn a trade or skill. At least they will learn something that will help them get a job.
Amazing people still can’t accept this reality. https://t.co/luyN0qCDF0
— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) May 16, 2021
"less than 14% of the variance in SAT scores can be explained by SES in two massive and representative samples"
"Stop saying that the SAT is an income test. It is not."https://t.co/6secQV8Fbi pic.twitter.com/y5CpkoAOOW
— Nathan Taylor (@ntaylor963) May 30, 2021
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