College admissions officers will receive an “adversity score” as part of SAT
College admissions officers will receive an “adversity score” as part of SAT
The College Board is seeking to address hidden inequities in the college application process by introducing a new “adversity score.”
The data point seeks to quantify a student’s socio-economic privilege, or lack of privilege, using information about their community and their high school.
This comes at a time of heightened scrutiny for testing and college admissions. The College Board is expected to make the adversity score widely available in 2020.
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