The University of California Was Wrong to Abolish the SAT: Admissions When Affirmative Action Was Banned
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| Title: | The University of California Was Wrong to Abolish the SAT: Admissions When Affirmative Action Was Banned |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Donald Wittman (ORCID |
| Source: | Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. 2024 43(2):55-63. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Information Analyses |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education High Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Entrance Examinations, Admission Criteria, Grade Point Average, Disproportionate Representation, Socioeconomic Status, Disadvantaged, Affirmative Action, Minority Group Students, Equal Education, Educational Policy, Trustees, Scores, Data Analysis, High School Graduates, Grades (Scholastic), Grade Prediction |
| Geographic Terms: | California |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | SAT (College Admission Test) |
| DOI: | 10.1111/emip.12598 |
| ISSN: | 0731-1745 1745-3992 |
| Abstract: | I study student characteristics and academic performance at the University of California, where consideration of an applicant's ethnicity has been banned since 1996 and SAT scores were used in admitting students to the university until fall 2021. I show the following: (1) SAT scores were more important than high school grades in predicting first-year university GPA; (2) the use of SAT scores alone or with high school grades in determining admission is biased in favor of admitting underrepresented minorities and students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged; (3) SAT scores are more important and high school grades are less important in predicting GPA for underrepresented minorities and/or those students from low-income families than they are for those students who are white and/or from high-income families; and (4) the University of California found ways to admit a significant number of underrepresented minorities despite many of them having low SAT scores. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1425105 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | I study student characteristics and academic performance at the University of California, where consideration of an applicant's ethnicity has been banned since 1996 and SAT scores were used in admitting students to the university until fall 2021. I show the following: (1) SAT scores were more important than high school grades in predicting first-year university GPA; (2) the use of SAT scores alone or with high school grades in determining admission is biased in favor of admitting underrepresented minorities and students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged; (3) SAT scores are more important and high school grades are less important in predicting GPA for underrepresented minorities and/or those students from low-income families than they are for those students who are white and/or from high-income families; and (4) the University of California found ways to admit a significant number of underrepresented minorities despite many of them having low SAT scores. |
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| ISSN: | 0731-1745 1745-3992 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/emip.12598 |
