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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Even as test scores have plunged, the average high school grade point average has risen significantly, from 3.17 in 2010 to 3.39 in 2021—with the greatest inflation occurring between 2018 and 2021, according to a 2022 study from the ACT. That has made admissions offices less confident in the once-reliable metric of academic preparedness.

“We’re not as trusting, frankly, of GPA these days,” Latting said. “Students are trying their hardest … but grades are definitely inflated and not as connected to true class performance as they used to be.”

Yet they remain one of the few measures available to admissions officers; the vast majority of colleges that still required standardized tests in 2019 went test-optional during the pandemic. Standardized score submissions are way down at most institutions, leading to worries that assessing college readiness will be more difficult than ever this year.

Mark Schneider, director of the Institute of Education Sciences, an independent federal research center, describes a “perfect storm” of issues arising from the pandemic that complicates the task of identifying college-ready students.

“The academic and social skills of students applying to college have declined, that we know. We also don’t have standardized tests anymore really, and inflation makes grades pretty useless as a screening tool, too,” he said. “To use the technical term, it’s a mess.”[/quote]
[quote]Latting said Emory’s admissions office has retooled its rankings system for applicants, formally incorporating nontraditional measures such as creative output and educational opportunity for the first time this year. They’re also weighing “external assessment” more heavily than GPA, with a particular focus on AP scores.

And with fewer applicants choosing to submit standardized test scores, colleges are experimenting with ways to ensure they aren’t relying solely on GPA as a measure of aptitude.[/quote]
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/10/23/assessing-college-readiness-pandemic-generation[/quote]

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