Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM applicants
www.latimes.com
Hundreds of University of California professors are urging the system to reinstate the SAT or ACT requirement for STEM majors by 2027, saying that the test-optional policy has created a widening preparation gap that threatens the value of UC science, technology, engineering and math degrees.
  • Canaconda@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    UC San Diego Academic Senate work group report said it documented a roughly thirty-fold increase between 2020 and 2025 in incoming first-year students whose math skills tested below high school level. The report said 70% of those students fell below middle school levels.

    So young people can’t read or do math. No wonder everything sucks.