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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a means of fostering social change (and knocking Asians down) this is awful.[/quote]

Most Asian-Americans are not privileged so not sure how this would knock them down.[/quote]

Asians, on the whole, are law-abiding people who are respectful of authority and don't make trouble. So if you're going to factor in things like crime rates then that will absolutely disadvantage Asian kids who might be as poor as anyone else.

Asians will also suffer if they take into consideration the average standardized test scores for the local schools, because they study their butts off.

Basically people are going to be punished for following the rules, being good citizens, encouraging their kids to prioritize studying and do their best.

Let's see how well that all works out for us.  :| [/quote]

I disagree. Being somewhat familiar with demographic data, at first glance my thought is [b]the score itself[/b] will likely be a benefit to Asian populations compared to current practice because Asian students tend to outperform their local SES (which this is primarily a measure) and what we would expect from their individual SES in SAT scores-- based on the cultural values you mention.  Also, even in a neighbor with a high Asian population, they aren't typically a huge percentage of a given school population (there are relatively few schools that are even 50+% Asian whereas there are many schools that are 90+% white).  Also, crime rate is one of many data points--and it's unclear how it will be calculated. Any urban area is going to have a crime rate higher than rural--so it's primarily a way to offset what would otherwise be a huge rural advantage due to lower income, education levels there.   So really if current practice is effectively to ding kids who have a lot of high achieving kids at their school, a measure which gives a broader context will help any students who perform better than their context suggest they would--which Asian typically do.[/quote]

DP.  [b]That’s largely wishful thinking. [/b] Colleges need a middleman to take the heat of lawsuits like the Harvard lawsuit.  [/quote]

PP: Might be.  But that's why I said "the score itself" not how it's used.  The poster I was responding to thought that Asians would tend not to get good adversity scores, but looking at the data points Asians would be one of the populations most likely to benefit because of the tendency to outperform context which this is a measure of.  I don't think this was spurred by colleges wanting a middleman--I think it's spurred by College Board wanting to stay relevant and keep SAT in use.  Some colleges will like this because it saves them work--but I don't think it will help elite colleges who want to craft their own classes-- AND looking at it, the score is just not likely to work in the directions they want it to go.[/quote]
If it benefits Asian, the score will be ignored. Academic performance alone will get colleges more than enough Asians. The current narrative and challenge is to increase number of under represented categories in college. Only measures that can achieve the goal without using race as a factor straightly will stay. [/quote]

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