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The lawsuit was filed on behalf of low-income students of color and students with disabilities.
A settlement finalized Friday from a 2019 lawsuit resulted in the University of California agreeing to no longer consider SAT or ACT scores “when making admissions and scholarship decisions” reports Fox News.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of low-income students of color and students with disabilities. A settlement was reached earlier this month. Amanda Savage, an attorney representing the students said what was reached “ensures that the university will not revert to its planned use of the SAT and ACT – which its own regents have admitted are racist metrics.”
Under the reached agreement, SAT and ACT scores will not be considered for admission for all applicants between fall 2021 and spring 2025. “However, the scores that are submitted voluntarily can be used for course placement after a student is admitted” reports Fox News.
The UC Board of Regents voted last year to drop the SAT and ACT tests as admission requirements through 2024 and eliminate them for California residents after that. Incoming students this fall didn’t submit SAT or ACT scores.
However, regents had said applicants for fall 2021 and 2022 could submit the scores voluntarily. The new settlement will “provide certainty for students and their families, counselors, and high schools,” the school said.
College Board, which produced the SAT, rejected the notion that their standardized tests were inherently racist – though it did recognize inequities in the education system.
Another attorney for the students says because of the campuses significant growth of freshman applications from African American students “already show that students are no longer deterred from applying based on their inability to access standardized testing.”
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The lawsuit was filed on behalf of low-income students of color and students with disabilities.
A settlement finalized Friday from a 2019 lawsuit resulted in the University of California agreeing to no longer consider SAT or ACT scores “when making admissions and scholarship decisions” reports Fox News.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of low-income students of color and students with disabilities. A settlement was reached earlier this month. Amanda Savage, an attorney representing the students said what was reached “ensures that the university will not revert to its planned use of the SAT and ACT – which its own regents have admitted are racist metrics.”
Under the reached agreement, SAT and ACT scores will not be considered for admission for all applicants between fall 2021 and spring 2025. “However, the scores that are submitted voluntarily can be used for course placement after a student is admitted” reports Fox News.
The UC Board of Regents voted last year to drop the SAT and ACT tests as admission requirements through 2024 and eliminate them for California residents after that. Incoming students this fall didn’t submit SAT or ACT scores.
However, regents had said applicants for fall 2021 and 2022 could submit the scores voluntarily. The new settlement will “provide certainty for students and their families, counselors, and high schools,” the school said.
College Board, which produced the SAT, rejected the notion that their standardized tests were inherently racist – though it did recognize inequities in the education system.
Another attorney for the students says because of the campuses significant growth of freshman applications from African American students “already show that students are no longer deterred from applying based on their inability to access standardized testing.”