Day:
Friday, October 30, 2020
Time:
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
First Learning Outcome: Participants will gain a better understanding of how testing agencies approach issues of race and income
Second Learning Outcome: Participants will examine how standardized tests impact admission and scholarship decisions for students from low-income and racial minority backgrounds
Third Learning Outcome: Participants will be asked to examine their own use of standardized testing and how those practices impact racial equality and social justice
Core Competencies: Diversity and Inclusion, Professional Integrity
Proficiencies: Admissions: Market Analysis, Enrollment Management: Developing Enrollment Mix
Intended Audience: General Audience
Social Justice, Racial Equality and Standardized Testing: A Conversation with the Testing Agencies
Category
Session
Description
Standardized tests have been widely used in American higher education for decades. In recent decades, they became a way to place the achievement shown on an individual high school (secondary) transcript in a broader context of all test takers. These results were also studied against racial groups and income levels; students from lower-income groups and historically underrepresented racial groups tended to also have lower test scores. What does this mean in trying to establish greater racial equality and social justice?
This conversation with ACT and the College Board will examine their views on testing, race, income, and how the tests should be used by college admissions officers. There will be time for questions from audience participants, as well.
Submission ID:
14150
Presenter(s):
Tom Green AACRAO
Steve Bumbaugh College Board
Janet Goodwin ACT