UC faculty leaders announce study on whether SAT and ACT tests accurately predict college success

The L.A. Times reports:

University of California faculty leaders announced Wednesday they would launch a study aimed at finding out whether SAT and ACT tests accurately predict college success.

Those who want the nation’s most prestigious public university system to make the standardized tests optional for admissions saw it as a positive sign, though Robert May, the chairman of the UC’s Academic Senate, would not say whether that outcome could result from the review.

More than 1,000 universities across the country — including the elite University of Chicago — no longer require the tests, which have come under growing criticism. A major study of more than 950,000 applicants to 28 colleges and universities found the tests failed to fully identify talented students capable of college success. Campuses that dropped the requirement saw an increase in applicants, including more blacks and Latinos, the April study found.

Those who think such tests should not be required also argue that they automatically place low-income applicants who can’t afford expensive test preparation at a competitive disadvantage.

It's a matter of time... before these tests are junked for the benefit of equal outcomes.