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SAT/ACT Scores, High-School GPA, and the Problem of Omitted Variable Bias: Why the UC Taskforce's Findings Are Spurious. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.1.2020
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Geiser, Saul – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2020
One of the major claims of the report of University of California's Task Force on Standardized Testing is that SAT and ACT scores are superior to high-school grades in predicting how students will perform at UC. This finding has been widely reported in the news media and cited in several editorials favoring UC's continued use of SAT/ACT scores in…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Standardized Tests, College Admission