Legal Challenge to Standardized Testing Requirements at University of California System

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As reported in Inside Higher Ed, UC faculty have formally stated their belief in the predictive value of standardized tests even amid pressure “to hop on the test-optional train”:

Dropping the tests without any other changes, the authors concluded, would result in an average incoming student with a lower first-year GPA, lower probability of graduating within seven years and a lower GPA at graduation.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/02/04/university-california-faculty-decline-endorse-test-optional-admissions