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> Stanford officials said Friday that they decided to back the tests after a faculty committee studied the numbers and found that the scores were “an important
by musicale 2y ago
> Stanford officials said Friday that they decided to back the tests after a faculty committee studied the numbers and found that the scores were “an important predictor of academic performance at Stanford.”
It sounds like they could have gone the other way if the investigation had shown that the tests didn't predict academic performance.
- kelipso 2y agoThe findings of the faculty committee was almost certainly available and known before they stopped requiring standardized tests. I would say the decision to stop was due to pandemic and politics, and the decision to start was due to politics, while the stated reason for starting was the findings about academic performance and test scores.
- musicale 2y ago> I would say the decision to stop was due to pandemic So would Stanford: https://stanforddaily.com/2020/06/17/standardized-testing-now-optional-for-class-of-2025-applicants/ https://stanforddaily.com/2020/06/17/standardized-testing-no... At the time they also announced that they expected to reinstate the requirement for the class of 2026 (turned out to be 2030.)