A faculty task force recommended that the University of California not drop standardized tests as a requirement for admission now, saying that SAT and ACT scores still serve as better predictors of first-year performance than high school grades
A faculty task force at the University of California is recommending that the sprawling system not drop standardized tests as a requirement for admission now, saying that applicants’ scores on the SAT and ACT still serve as better predictors of first-year performance than high school grades.
However, the task force encouraged the university system to expand the criteria on which it bases admissions decisions, and suggested possibly creating an alternative assessment—which, it warned, could take nine years.
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