March 23, 2020 SAT and ACT Test Use in Admissions PURDUE Test - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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OFFICE ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

March 23, 2020

SAT and ACT Test Use in Admissions

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Test Optional Policies

Different types of testing policies

• Test Required – Purdue’s current policy
• Test Flexible – must submit something academic

in place of a test

• Test Optional – multiple types of formats but

generally allow students to chose whether to submit a score or not

• Test Blind– most common to open admission

institutions and those who are not meeting enrollment goals

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Test Optional Arguments

PROS & CONS

Proponents behind test optional argue

• Tests have inherent socio-economic bias
• Eliminating the test requirement will encourage more

students to apply

• Eliminating the test will create equity
• Test optional will increase the institution’s diversity

Additional benefits

• The Law of Artificial Score Inflation: Students not submitting

lower test scores will raise the school’s U.S. News ranking

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Test Optional Arguments

PROS & CONS

Proponents for the use of tests

• Testing agencies continue to conduct validity studies with

Universities demonstrating the correlation between the predictive nature of academic performance with HS GPA and test scores

• When combined with other criteria, the test provide

important predictive value

• Both standardized tests have recently undergone a full test
• verhaul and College Board has made test preparation

resources free through Khan Academy

Other items for which the tests are utilized

• Placement specifically in math courses has been consistently

recognized as accurate

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Predictive strength of admissions measures across all applicants and all majors

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Grade Inflation

• High school grades continue to rise, extending a

trend documented throughout the 1990s by the US Department of Education (https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pu bid=2004455).

• With research showing more students are

receiving higher HSGPAs, colleges need more information to make fair decisions. Test scores in combination with other factors, especially high school course performance, act as an essential check and balance on another.

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Grade Inflation

• High schools with the largest increases in high

school GPA over time also had the lowest percentage of students who were Black or Hispanic and students who were eligible for free

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• Students whose parents had the lowest levels of

education experienced the least grade inflation.

• Students in private high schools (both

independent and religiously-affiliated) were three times more likely to experience grade inflation than students in public or charter schools.

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Admissions Evaluation

• Purdue currently employs a holistic application

review process.

• No single factor alone is what determines a

student’s admissibility.

• The strength of admissions decisions lies in the

use of context to understand a student’s individual performance relative to their home and learning context.

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Admission Evaluation

Measure of effort and achievement as a combination of HSGPA and Test Score

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Other Uses of Tests

First year Purdue West Lafayette retention rates for students from 2014 through 2018 by SAT and concorded ACT score bands

All Cohorts Combined 1st Year Retention

100.0% 95.5% 86.1% 89.4% 91.3% 93.7% 94.2% 75.0% 80.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% < = 1100 1101 to 1200 1201 to 1300 1301 to 1400 1401 to 1500 > 1500

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Other Uses of Tests

Four year Purdue West Lafayette graduation rates for students from 2011 through 2015 by SAT and concorded ACT score bands.

All Cohorts Combined 4 Year Graduation

80.0% 75.0% 70.0% 67.0% 52.8% 57.5% 57.6% 56.9% 59.5% 40.0% 45.0% 50.0% 55.0% 60.0% 65.0% < = 1100 1101 to 1200 1201 to 1300 1301 to 1400 1401 to 1500 > 1500

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Source: Percent Change in Graduates: https://knocking.wiche.edu/percent-change-in-graduates

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Conculsion

• Purdue is currently not struggling to meet it’s

enrollment goals.

• It would not benefit Purdue to implement a

different test policy for undergraduate admissions.

• Other options for increasing diversity:
• PPI High Schools
• Fast Start
• Test score provide a reliable and valid data point

from which to predict a student’s likelihood of college success.

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