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Podcast: Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
Episode: Do Test Optional Policies Drive Equity?
Description: Advocates of abolishing admissions tests claim that exams like the SAT and ACT discriminate against some populations while serving as proxy wealth tests. But do data or evidence support these positions? Amy and Mike invited student advocate Dr. Yoon S. Choi to analyze whether test optional policies drive equity.  What are five things you will learn in this episode? If the test scores correlate highly with income and race, does eliminating tests address the underlying contributors to low scores? What does it mean to describe admissions tests as levers? What did the UC Regents get wrong ab...