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>“adversity score” I don't understand what this means. You would penalize students for, what, growing up in a stable two-parent household?
by remarkEon 3y ago
>“adversity score”
I don't understand what this means. You would penalize students for, what, growing up in a stable two-parent household?
- gnicholas 3y agoIIRC the SAT added this several years ago. It gave students more points based on zip code, and perhaps some other factors. They got some blowback at first, but modified it and I believe it still exists. But it's separate from your "regular" SAT score, which is what everyone talks about. My theory is that the UC system might create a test where the adversity score is baked in, and you have no way to disaggregate it.
- sinuhe69 3y agoHow do you imagine they could do that? SAT are multiple choices tests, with answers are objectively wright or wrong. The scores are simply summed up. Where is the place to put in adversity score or any “adjustment” scores?
- gnicholas 3y agoEasy: they just don't break out the different parts of your score. You just get one score, which is a composite of your math, verbal, and adversity tallies. They can of course accomplish the same effect (since the UC itself would be the only institution using these scores) by aggregating the academic scores with the adversity scores and never letting reviewers know what the individual components were.
- mannykannot 3y agoIf it results in in a better predictor of outcomes than the unadjusted SAT, it would be hard to justify the latter but not the former. I have no idea whether this is actually the case.