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Students are suing the UC system for its test-optional admissions policy, alleging that applicants will still have to take the discriminatory exams.
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Instead of the traditional standardized test, students will be given five random questions from the television game show “Jeopardy!” to test their college readiness.
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For a country founded on the principle that all men are created equal, doing away with the great testing equalizer is a step in the wrong direction.
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While being test-optional might help students with the best scores, rejecting tests altogether would do more to level the playing field.
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UC Berkeley is planning a study next year to measure the effects of test-blind admissions on academic performance after UC regents voted to eliminate the use of SAT and ACT.
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The UC Board of Regents decided to eliminate use of the SAT and ACT in the admissions process for California applicants by 2025 in a meeting Thursday.
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Standardized testing may no longer be a reality of the UC system’s application process, the UC Board of Regents decided Thursday.
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Which guidelines UC campuses will use when reopening, how the budget will be adjusted in response to the pandemic and what role the ACT and SAT will have in UC admissions are three of the many decisions the UC Board of Regents is scheduled to vote on at its May meeting.
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UC President Janet Napolitano recommended that UC campuses suspend use of the ACT and SAT standardized tests as admissions requirements until 2024 in a proposal to be considered by the Board of Regents at its May 21 meeting.
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC system is easing admissions requirements for students looking to apply this fall and possibly in future years. The decision to relax admissions requirements was intended to help mitigate challenges faced by students and families, according to a UC press release.
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