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New College Board tool helps admissions officers
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"Yale was one of about 15 schools over the past year that participated in the pilot run of 'Environmental Dashboard,' a new tool from The College Board that allows admissions officers to get more context for each application they read.
The dashboard shows three main data points for all domestic applicants, according to Connie Betterton, The College Board’s vice president for higher education access and strategy. Two 'measures of disadvantage' are displayed — for the student’s neighbourhood and high school, respectively. The dashboard also shows the student’s standardized test scores in the context of their schools rather than giving national percentiles." ...
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/09/21/new-college-board-tool-helps-admissions-officers/
The dashboard shows three main data points for all domestic applicants, according to Connie Betterton, The College Board’s vice president for higher education access and strategy. Two 'measures of disadvantage' are displayed — for the student’s neighbourhood and high school, respectively. The dashboard also shows the student’s standardized test scores in the context of their schools rather than giving national percentiles." ...
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/09/21/new-college-board-tool-helps-admissions-officers/
Replies to: New College Board tool helps admissions officers
So, if a college doesn't have SAT scores thru either the student self-reporting scores, or sending scores directly from CollegeBoard, it seems that schools subscribing to this environmental dashboard offering would not see student SAT scores. Still, makes me nervous. Also, CollegeBoard would lose out on revenues if students didn't have to send their scores individually to colleges, and certainly CB is already experiencing revenue declines in this area as many, many schools allow self-reported scores now (and increasing every year), with a paid CollegeBoard score report sent only upon matriculation to a student's chosen college.
This is a more detailed report on this CollegeBoard offering, http://cerpp.uscrossier.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/5.2-Perfetto-Systematic-ID-of-Disadvantage.pdf
Perhaps it will help AOs make determinations of students who have experienced hardships, but I expect some colleges will decide which segments they will accept students from, and which they won't. See page 34 of the report. It will be interesting to see how (or if) this product is well received by colleges. It represents another way colleges are using data to make admissions decisions, many of which students (and families) can not control, or even know.
$65k is lower than the NJ median household income of $76k, but not so much lower that it is "poor".
On the flip side, for schools that say they are need blind, theyll have to get someone to pre-screen apps and only write high numbers on the apps. Otherwise it’s hard to unsee the low number (and presumed ability to pay).
(Hope I got the high/low right).