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Students that come from higher income families, on average, perform better on the SAT than those from low-income families. |
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ACTS relationship with wealth source #4
The study found that the socioeconomic status range of enrolled students mirrored the range in the applicant pool. |
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This study shows that the economic budget of some families are not funded enough to send their kids to college and that the majority of applicants at college are higher income kids. |
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The key finding was that SAT scores combined with high school grades were predictive of first-year academic success for all socioeconomic statuses. |
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As a result, the study said, there is no institutional "barrier" to admission for these students, only the realities of economic inequality in the United States that result in many low-income people never applying to college. |
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The study is based on three large datasets, including one of more than 143,000 students at a diverse group of 110 colleges and universities. Another dataset looked at information from 41 institutions, while yet another looked at data from University of California campuses. |
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Further, the SAT adds predictive accuracy on top of grades for all groups, the study found. To the extent the colleges are more likely to admit students from higher socioeconomic groups (which the study does not dispute), that is because those students are more likely to apply. |
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #3
The study analyzed student and alumni records from 123,000 students in 33 colleges where SAT or ACT scores are optional for admission. |
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No point of sweating over ACT source #1
Today, some 800 of the roughly 3,000 four-year colleges and universities in America make SAT or ACT submissions optional.
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #3
Students with strong grade point averages in high school maintained similar GPAs in college, regardless of how well or poorly they scored on college entrance exams. |
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #3
Likewise, students with lower GPAs – even those with high SAT or ACT scores – had lower GPAs in college and graduated at lower rates. |
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The study, published Feb. 18 on the website of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, adds new fuel todebates over the role of entrance exams in college admissions. Students in the study who did not submit SAT or ACT scores were more likely to be minorities, the first in their family to attend college, come from low-income families, and have learning disabilities, the study said. |
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #2
Former Dean of Admissions for Bates College William Hiss led the study which tracked the grades and graduation rates of students who submitted their test results against those who did not over several years.
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Hiss’ data showed that there was a negligible difference in college performance between the two groups. Only .05 percent of a GPA point set “submitters” and “non-submitters” apart, and the difference in their graduation rates was just .6 percent. |
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #2
According to the data, if high school grades are not high, good testing does not promise college success. Students with good grades and modest testing did better in college than students with higher testing and lower high school grades.
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #2
The SAT started in the 1930s as a scholarship test for Ivy League schools. Based off of an Army IQ test, it was meant to help those who came from more humble backgrounds to be noticed by prestigious schools. |
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #2
The study found that non-submitting students were more likely to be minorities, women, students with Learning Differences, Pell Grant recipients and first-generation college-goers. |
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #2
According to Hiss’ data, the test-optional policy could even help to level the playing field. |
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high school grades are a better predictor of college success source #2
But standardized testing may now be hurting rather than helping disenfranchised students.
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That's because those standardized tests remain a central part in determining which students get accepted at many schools. |
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Hiss found that there was virtually no difference in grades and graduation rates between test "submitters" and "nonsubmitters." Just 0.05 percent of a GPA point separated the students who submitted their scores to admissions offices and those who did not. And college graduation rates for "nonsubmitters" were just 0.6 percent lower than those students who submitted their test scores. |
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students actually performed better in college than their SAT and ACT stores might lead an admissions officer to expect.
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For both those students who submitted their test results to their colleges and those who did not, high school grades were the best predictor of a student's success in college. |
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kids who had low or modest test scores, but good high school grades, did better in college than those with good scores but modest grades. |
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Some are calling this study a potential game-changer that may prompt schools to evaluate whether there is value in requiring standardized tests. |
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A big test, the theory went, would allow more "diamond in the rough" students to be found and accepted to top schools, regardless of family connections or money. |
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The private test preparation market for the SAT and the ACT is a $2 billion-a-year industry in the U.S. Critics of the tests have long said the exams better reflect a family's income and a student's speed at test-taking than aptitude, competency or intelligence. |
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Some are calling this study a potential game-changer that may prompt schools to evaluate whether there is value in requiring standardized tests.
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But Hiss argues that what started as a single tool became an overused pillar of admissions policies.
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That's because those standardized tests remain a central part in determining which students get accepted at many schools. But a first-of-its-kind study obtained by NPR raises questions about whether those tests are becoming obsolete. |
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