Universities Are Paying the Price for Ditching SATs

Universities Rethink The SAT

“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics, and other quantitatively demanding fields,” the professors write in an open letter to the Board of Regents. – The Wall Street Journal

Doing the Math: UC faculty call for the return to standardized...

Years ago, I wrote a column denouncing the decision of the University of California system to drop standardized testing in the cause of greater racial diversity. Now, hundreds of UC mathematics faculty have called for a return to such testing after reports showing a thirtyfold increase in students with math skills below high school level. As written earlier, the University of California system was an early supporter of this disastrous move. It w…

Unprepared college students forced to relearn 'middle school mathematics,' California professors reveal

UC professors demanded SAT/ACT math requirements be reinstated after revealing they are re-teaching middle school mathematics to incoming university students.

INGERSOLL: STEM Professors Are Tired Of Teaching Stupid Kids For 'Equity'

720 named signatories, mostly from UC Berkeley, but also San Diego, UCLA, Irvine, Davis and Santa Barbara, have published a document demanding a return to tests

Universities are paying the price for ditching SATs

University of California professors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are sounding the alarm about severe math deficiencies among their students. “We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle school mathematics,” says an open letter signed by more than 600 UC professors. The signatories believe that high school GPAs and essays can no longer serve as adequate signals of academic m…

STEM Professors in University of California System Rebel

STEM professors in the University of California demand reinstating math standards amid equity debates.