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It's possible that dropping standardized tests will have the demographic effects that TFA fears, but it isn't certain. Standardized tests aren't the only reason
by jessaustin 5y ago
It's possible that dropping standardized tests will have the demographic effects that TFA fears, but it isn't certain. Standardized tests aren't the only reason that Asian-Americans are "over"-represented and other groups are "under"-represented. Another reason is that Asian-Americans are good students. Standardized test scores are not the only indicator of that.
Of course, the people who have decided to drop these tests claim to want some sort of demographic change. As long as California public universities have a limited number of open seats, that will hurt some groups if it helps others. Personally I hope that this doesn't just turn into helping whites at the expense of Asians, but that isn't impossible.
- usaar333 5y agoWe already know what happened as 2021 data is out: Applications: https://ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/ug-admissions/ug-pages/applications.html https://ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/co... Admissions: https://ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/ug-admissions/ug-pages/admissions.html https://ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/co... System-wide, any demographic change looks insignificant. No change at Berkeley (which had already increased SES weighing in 2020). UCLA slightly boosted URG, but it looks like some of that might have been application demographic changes (which removing the SAT might have caused to some degree - a small number of students may be discouraged by it)