The College Board's flagship product--the ubiquitous SAT, one-time queen of college entrance exams--has been the victim of a series of unforced errors. The roll-out and walk back of the 'adversity score' is only the latest--and recent reports of that score's death may be greatly exaggerated.
First, the Environmental Context Dashboard has beenNext, the College Board has increased the transparency of the product. Students will be able to see their own Landscape information, and the process that generates that information is now.
In its press release, the College Board emphasizes that Landscape doesn't replace any of the information that students supply as part of a college application. It's just trying to provide admissions officesWe listened to thoughtful criticism and made Landscape better and more transparent. Landscape provides admissions officers more consistent background information so they can fairly consider every student, no matter where they live and learn.
With the dashboard rebranded and the word"score" banished, the same old question remains--if an SAT score reflects coaching, and additional"context" is required to consider a score fairly, then what good is the SAT in the first place?
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