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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIT also found out that tests were valuable predictors of success. That’s why their test optional experiment ended a couple of years ago.[/quote]

MIT [b]DECIDED[/b][u][i] that tests were valuable predictors of success. That’s why their test optional experiment ended a couple of years ago.

Fixed it for you! [/quote]

Read MIT's announcement on the change to make SATs/ACTs mandatory again. They found a strong correlation between scores and success. Same as the huge University of California study. [/quote]

You completely misstate the findings of the UC study. Gaslighting people isn’t helpful. [/quote]
T[b]he UC study strongly recommended retaining the SAT as a very good predictor for student success[/b]. That recommendation was ignored. MIT also clearly explained their rationale. Not sure what the gaslighting comment refers to? I guess the truth hurts.[/quote]

IT did recommend that.  It was not what the Regents wanted to hear.  They went TO anyhow.  This has been much discussed in The Chronicle of HIgher Education[/quote]

It recommended keeping the scores because they could identify who needed assistance. The faculty assumed the practice of renorming scores to account for background would continue.  You don’t know what they would have recommended if they were told renorming would end.

And it found that test scores provided marginally better information than HSPGA but even then it was not a strong correlation. [/quote]

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