Dropping the SAT? - Further Update

From NPR: A lawsuit expected to be filed Tuesday is challenging the University of California system's use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission. A draft of the document obtained by NPR argues that the tests — long used to measure aptitude for college — are deeply biased and provide no meaningful information about a student's ability to succeed, and therefore their requirement is unconstitutional...

Public Counsel is filing the suit in California Superior Court on behalf of students and a collection of advocacy groups...

UC spokesperson Claire Doan couldn't comment on the lawsuit because it hadn't been filed yet. She says a special faculty task force is currently investigating the use of standardized testing in admissions, and the university system is "waiting for the assessment and recommendations from the ... Task Force before determining whether any steps should be taken on this important issue." ...

Full story at https://www.npr.org/2019/12/10/786257347/lawsuit-claims-sat-and-act-are-illegal-in-california-admissions

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Previous blog posts on this topic can be found at:
https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2019/11/dropping-sat-update.html and https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2019/11/dropping-sat.html.