UC Professors Demand Return Of SAT Scores Because STEM Students Can Barely Do Middle School Math
A debate about the role standardized testing scores should play in a student’s academic future has been raging for years now. Much of this discussion has centered around how useful college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT are. Critics believe that the SAT is biased along lines of gender and race, so it does not provide an accurate look at students’ potential. This led some colleges to drop the SAT requirement for admissions, but University of California professors now think that was a huge mistake. Hundreds of UC professors feel like students are unprepared for their STEM courses, and that SAT scores could help gauge their readiness. In an open letter signed by 794 UC faculty members, professors argued that students taking their college classes are woefully unprepared for the math they need to do, with some even performing at a middle-school level. “Over the past five years, we have seen a widening divergence in mathematical preparation levels within the same classroom,” the letter reads. “This trend indicates that current admissions practices do not …
