Test-Optional Policies and Disadvantaged Students | NBER
Apr 1, 2025 · The researchers study two test-required admissions years (2017 and 2018) and two test-optional years (2021 and 2022). During the test-optional years, some students submitted their test …
However, research from Opportunity Insights shows that subjective and non-academic ratings disproportionately benefit students from higher-income families (see Figure 1). Standardized tests, …
The Advanced Placement Program and Educational Inequality
Jan 2, 2025 · I find that students from non economically disadvantaged families, White and Asian students, and higher-achieving students are more likely to take advantage of additional AP courses …
Wide gap in SAT/ACT test scores between wealthy, lower-income ...
Nov 22, 2023 · A recent paper released by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based team of researchers and policy analysts, found that children of the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans were 13 times …
Testing the Way Forward: The Impact of Statewide ACT or SAT ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Twenty-nine states require or allow all 11th graders to take the ACT or SAT in school, for free, eliminating access to testing as a barrier to college entry. I examine whether this affects …
A validation review of the SAT and ACT for college and ...
Apr 22, 2025 · Authors of the 72 peer-reviewed articles selected for this review provided mixed validity evidence. Results indicated that both tests are psychometrically strong.
Test-optional college admissions hurts poor students
Jan 28, 2025 · This latest paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found that the test-optional policy encouraged disadvantaged applicants to not submit their scores, even if they …