The original intent of the SAT was to identify students who came from outside relatively privileged circles who might have the potential to succeed in university,” said the report. “This original intent is clearly being realized at UC.” Furthermore, authors said, analysis showed that test scores were better predictors of outcomes for underrepresented groups than for majority groups. Dropping the tests without any other changes, the authors concluded, would result in an average incoming student with a lower first-year GPA, lower probability of graduating within seven years and a lower GPA at graduation. Subsidies and waivers for California students would need to increase to account for the average student taking longer to graduate. Providing support for at-risk students would be more difficult, they said, because those students would be harder to identify.

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by Lilah Burke, Inside Higher Ed.

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