NY Times: College Board Drops 'Adversity Score' From SAT In Wake Of Widespread Criticism

Following up on my previous post, SAT To Give Students ‘Adversity Score’: 1 (Privilege) To 100 (Hardship):  New York Times, SAT ‘Adversity Score’ Is Abandoned in Wake of Criticism:

The College Board, the company that administers the SAT exam, said on Tuesday that it would withdraw its much-debated plan to include a so-called adversity score on student test results, saying it had erred in distilling the challenges faced by college applicants to a single number.

The adversity score was made up of the average of two ratings between 1 and 100 — one for the student’s school environment and the other for the student’s neighborhood environment — that indicate the obstacles a student might have overcome, like crime and poverty. The school and neighborhood scores will still be provided to admissions officers, along with other socioeconomic information.

The change was made after a storm of criticism from parents and educators followed the announcement of the plan last spring. Many of them said it falsely suggested that a student’s achievements and challenges could be quantified as the math and verbal scores on the SAT are.

• Chronicle of Higher Education, Facing Criticism, College Board Backs Away From ‘Adversity Score’
• Wall Street Journal, College Board Drops Plans for SAT Student Adversity Scores
• Washington Post, College Board Says It Is Replacing SAT 'Adversity Score'