10-20-2021, 02:40 PM
Just wondering out loud here, but I would think that the group most disadvantaged by the exclusion of standardized tests in undergraduate admissions would be home schooled students.
The latest that I've heard is that the University of California system is looking into using the Smarter Balanced Assessment in admissions.
I don't think they've given up on devising a new test that is more reflective of the California Common Core curriculum, but that wouldn't be ready for at least a few more years anyway.
My sense is that mandatory testing of some kind is going to return as a part of undergraduate admissions. But I admit I'm biased towards having an additional measure beyond GPA, high school course load, essay writing, extracurriculars and special talents/challenges overcome as a part of an admissions decision.
The latest that I've heard is that the University of California system is looking into using the Smarter Balanced Assessment in admissions.
I don't think they've given up on devising a new test that is more reflective of the California Common Core curriculum, but that wouldn't be ready for at least a few more years anyway.
My sense is that mandatory testing of some kind is going to return as a part of undergraduate admissions. But I admit I'm biased towards having an additional measure beyond GPA, high school course load, essay writing, extracurriculars and special talents/challenges overcome as a part of an admissions decision.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)