About 2 million aspiring college students take the SAT every year, and soon their results will include more than whether they correctly answered the test questions. The College Board, which runs the SAT, announced it will start giving a new metric to colleges that provides context for a student's
Speed readWhat's happening: About 2 million aspiring college students take the SAT every year, and soon their results will include more than whether they correctly answered the test questions. The College Board, which runs the SAT, announced it will start giving a new metric to colleges that provides context for a student's educational and socioeconomic background.
Why there's debate: The methods colleges use to decide admissions has been a longstanding source of heated debate. Court cases involving affirmative action and the recent bribery scandal have sparked arguments about fairness, bias and inequality. Opponents of the metric say it gives unfair advantage to underprivileged groups and will punish deserving students who come from more stable environments.
What's next: The College Board made the adversity score available to 50 colleges in 2018 and has expanded to 150 schools for this year's fall admissions. The score is expected to be broadly available to schools by 2020.
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